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Identitiy Theft?

A couple of years ago while attempting to find a job through my state's (North Carolina) employment security commission, I was told that I was employed at a company that I had never heard of. Recently I discovered the same thing again. Somehow it seems as if someone has been using my social security number to collect wages at this company. However, when I called the social security administration I was told that there was no way that someone else could be using my social. What i dont understand is how, when my social is entered into the employment security commission database, this particular company comes up along with other jobs that I have actually worked. Does this classify as identity theft? If so, what do I do? I think someone has been using my social to collect wages.

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1. YES it is Identity theft. You need to hire an attorney & force the SSA to do something about it. It CAN affect you and cause serious problems. ALSO, send an ENLARGED color copy of both your SS Card AND State ID to the security company's human resources department. Send it with a letter explaining the problem and ask them to investigate and correct the problem. Save a copy of the letter and send the 1st, with copies of ID, "Return Receipt Requested" - this will prove they received the letter, etc. Go see an attorney NOW. Run a credit check on yourself & alert your bank to this problem as well.
2. Contact your local police or sheriff's office, tell them you wish to make a report on identity theft. Tell them everything including your contact with Social Security. Try to get a copy of the document from the employment security commission, before you make the report. You may also contact the company where someone is using your Social Security number. The more documentation you have, the better your chance of getting something done. Recontact Social Security and request to speak with someone in their fraud office.