Thanks friend ... Identity Theft

My friend in Washington D.C. is a very bright and honest lady.  This happened to her even with Lifelock.  The USA is still the "Great City on the Hill", Ronald Reagan liked to describe, but our light is dinmming.  we have always had clever crooks among our population, but they just seem freer to roam under the Progressive left and their dismissal of our constitutional rights.  I am so sorry, Marge, but it looks as if you have gone about solving this as well as you can.  I would like to know that the imposter eventually does some long jail time.

Sam

PS:  I decided NOT to blog this, good friend.

Sam

Hi Folks, Just want you all to be alerted to my recent surprise and now my biggest headache. On Feb. 13th I submitted my Federal and State Tax Return via the e-file method. I received a rejection with a phone number to call at IRS. The rejection just stated that the same name and social security number had been used and could not be used again. I had called the phone number given to me. Talked to a lady Ms. Fly. She is with the IRS National Taxpayer Service Advocate's office. She informed me that a lady submitted her Federal Tax return using my SS#, my name without my middle initial, and a different address in another State. She also said this lady is going to receive a refund too. Ms. Fly did not tell me the address, State or the date of birth of this person using my SS# and Name. Needless to say, I had to contact all my creditors, credit bureau, banking institutions, insurance companies etc. I am still doing this and have not finished as yet. Very time consuming and especially with OPM and TSP people--hard to get through to them over the phone; but I finally did. I requested a copy of my credit history report and TransUnion provided me a current update. My credit history report is good. But I did notice on the last page under Inquiry Analysis that Capital One Bank USA NA idenfiying information they provided: "Margaret Rusnak, 106 E. Hanna Ave., Tampa, FL 33604-6718 requested on: 12/13/2011." It was obvious to me that this must be the same lady who e-filed her Federal Taxes into IRS on February 4th, 2012. I was able to obtain the customer service phone number from a friend who currently has a Capital one Bank Credit Card--1-800-955-7070. I called tonight about 10:20 pm and was able to get hold of supervisor to find out if this person did indeed apply for a credit card. YES, she did and one was provided her. I was shocked to learn that this lady also had my DOB as well and it was written on the application form too. The gentlemen told me to call back on Sunday Morn at 9 am (they are located in ME) and talk to the agent who handles fraud incidents. I got the last 4 digits of this new credit card account (4646) that this Margaret Rusnak in Tampa, FL opened. My real beef is with Lifelock who I pay every year to catch anyone opening a new account under my name. I will have some words with them come Tuesday Morning if they are closed on Monday because of Geo Washington's Celebration Day, Feb 20th, Govt Holiday. If any of you can provide me some more guidance of information on your thoughts of what I should do in addition to what IRS and Federal Trade Commission Fraud Line has told me to do, I certainly am open to any help I can get. I had to change a lot of my accounts and still doing more stuff. I am just totally exhausted by all of this and now I just pray I don't die. If that happens, God knows who will be buried, me or this unknown person living in Tampa, FL. Appreciate your listening, but sure hope you all are careful using e-file. Per IRS I had to send in my Federal & State Taxes via the priority mail with return receipt requested. Got that out Thursday am Feb. 16th. I had been told by IRS that I won't be receiving my refund from the Feds anywhere from 3 months to 9 months. Just hope they catch this lady who is using my ID for whatever. Capital One agent did tell me that if this person using my name charges stuff and doesn't pay the bill, I will not be held responsible. Let's hope he is right. At least I got most of the stuff done I need to, but there is so much to this than meets the eye. Marge Good luck with your tax returns. Be careful.