Duplicate social security number?

[Jessica69]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: acheron2112
It's possible -- SSNs aren't guaranteed to be unique...

Think about what you said.......then ask yourself, how does the IRS keep track of you and your taxes if there was the possiblity of real duplicate SSN's. Or Social Security itself.

The answer is there is NO real, legit possibility of the Social Security Admin. ever issuing duplicate SSN's....it's not as if they don't have access to each and every number they've ever issued....hence the SSA doesn't issue dups. At all.

wiki entry says otherwise, but i cant find the source

And you're using Wiki to prove anything? ROFL!!!!

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: acheron2112
It's possible -- SSNs aren't guaranteed to be unique...

Think about what you said.......then ask yourself, how does the IRS keep track of you and your taxes if there was the possiblity of real duplicate SSN's. Or Social Security itself.

The answer is there is NO real, legit possibility of the Social Security Admin. ever issuing duplicate SSN's....it's not as if they don't have access to each and every number they've ever issued....hence the SSA doesn't issue dups. At all.

wiki entry says otherwise, but i cant find the source

And you're using Wiki to prove anything? ROFL!!!!

So you are saying people and/or machines never make mistakes?

http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3227696

Tina says the Social Security Administration admitted it was their mistake.

"They issued me a Social Security number when I was born that had already been issued to another person. They said since I was the second person to receive the number," she explains. "So they gave me a new one."

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: acheron2112
It's possible -- SSNs aren't guaranteed to be unique...

Think about what you said.......then ask yourself, how does the IRS keep track of you and your taxes if there was the possiblity of real duplicate SSN's. Or Social Security itself.

The answer is there is NO real, legit possibility of the Social Security Admin. ever issuing duplicate SSN's....it's not as if they don't have access to each and every number they've ever issued....hence the SSA doesn't issue dups. At all.

wiki entry says otherwise, but i cant find the source

And you're using Wiki to prove anything? ROFL!!!!

http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3227696

NewsChannel 19's Dianna Gee reports,
dianna.gee@whnt.com

Tina Buck is waiting impatiently. She's still waiting for a 2002 federal tax refund check worth $4, 497.

So what's the hold up? Turns out someone else with the exact same social security number filed her taxes first.

No, it wasn't identity theft. Tina says the Social Security Administration admitted it was their mistake.

"They issued me a Social Security number when I was born that had already been issued to another person. They said since I was the second person to receive the number," she explains. "So they gave me a new one."

Since getting a new Social Security number, Tina hasn't had any problems filing taxes this year, or even last, but she's gotten the run-around trying to get the past taxes she says the IRS still owes her.

"They don't want to wait for their money, why should we have to wait for ours?" she says. "It's already been 2 1/2 years. Can we charge interest like they would us? That's what we're wondering."

NewsChannel 19 wondered how often this type of mistake happens.

An IRS official told us, "It's not common, but it does happen."

Spokesperson Dan Boone says, "They [the Social Security Administration] make mistakes, too. "

But the Social Security Administration corrected their mistake. Now what about the IRS?

To get to the bottom of all of this, we're told Tina must deal with a Taxpayer Advocate. This person is used to resolve problems where normal channels don't work.

Tina is now pursuing this and promises to let us know if this solution works and she gets her check.



how about that then? that better then wiki?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: acheron2112
It's possible -- SSNs aren't guaranteed to be unique...

Think about what you said.......then ask yourself, how does the IRS keep track of you and your taxes if there was the possiblity of real duplicate SSN's. Or Social Security itself.

The answer is there is NO real, legit possibility of the Social Security Admin. ever issuing duplicate SSN's....it's not as if they don't have access to each and every number they've ever issued....hence the SSA doesn't issue dups. At all.

wiki entry says otherwise, but i cant find the source

And you're using Wiki to prove anything? ROFL!!!!

http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3227696

NewsChannel 19's Dianna Gee reports,
dianna.gee@whnt.com

Tina Buck is waiting impatiently. She's still waiting for a 2002 federal tax refund check worth $4, 497.

So what's the hold up? Turns out someone else with the exact same social security number filed her taxes first.

No, it wasn't identity theft. Tina says the Social Security Administration admitted it was their mistake.

"They issued me a Social Security number when I was born that had already been issued to another person. They said since I was the second person to receive the number," she explains. "So they gave me a new one."

Since getting a new Social Security number, Tina hasn't had any problems filing taxes this year, or even last, but she's gotten the run-around trying to get the past taxes she says the IRS still owes her.

"They don't want to wait for their money, why should we have to wait for ours?" she says. "It's already been 2 1/2 years. Can we charge interest like they would us? That's what we're wondering."

NewsChannel 19 wondered how often this type of mistake happens.

An IRS official told us, "It's not common, but it does happen."

Spokesperson Dan Boone says, "They [the Social Security Administration] make mistakes, too. "

But the Social Security Administration corrected their mistake. Now what about the IRS?

To get to the bottom of all of this, we're told Tina must deal with a Taxpayer Advocate. This person is used to resolve problems where normal channels don't work.

Tina is now pursuing this and promises to let us know if this solution works and she gets her check.



how about that then? that better then wiki?

Hahaha...read my post above yours. Google is fucking great.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Josh
Hahaha...read my post above yours. Google is fucking great.

yeah. same article same posting time LOL

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: JEDI
not possible of duplicate ss #.

there are a billion possible #'s. there's only been 700M people that were ever born since the USA was created in 1776.

and social security #'s started being issued when? 1920's after the great depression?

the numbers are random 9 digit sequences though....so the numbers possible are much lower.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Bet you wish you had LifeLock right about now don't ya?

 

[Toasthead]

a lot of illegal immigrants buy SS numbers they know are stolen because employers are forced to get them from employees. They dont check and the government cannot legally tell you who is using it.

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Bet you wish you had LifeLock right about now don't ya?

Probably Not - they just charge you $10 a month for something you can do for yourself for free.

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Josh
Hahaha...read my post above yours. Google is fucking great.

yeah. same article same posting time LOL

I wonder where Jessica went? :beer:

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Josh

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Josh
Hahaha...read my post above yours. Google is fucking great.

yeah. same article same posting time LOL

I wonder where Jessica went? :beer:

hmm good question.