I have never been in jail but the Social Security Administration thinks I have. Why?
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I have never been in jail but the Social Security Administration thinks I have. Why?
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When SSA receives reports from jails across the country it is not unusual for a prisoner to give the jail officials false identity information including fake names, made-up Social Security numbers, and incorrect dates of birth. SSA’s field offices conduct a full investigation to make sure that all of the inmate information we get from jails is correct. When SSA learns that a prisoner is using someone else’s identity we keep a record of that information to make sure it doesn’t happen again. While it is no doubt disturbing to learn that someone is trying to use your name or SSN, you can be sure that the presence of a prisoner report on your SSN does not harm your Social Security record in any way.
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