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.
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