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Found out recently that me and another person share the same SSN. It's crazy. We have the same SSN and even the same birthday and birth year, but our names are totally different and we live several states apart. I'm in the process of requesting a new SSN and was told it could take months for SSA to review my application. In the meantime, how do I get this addressed with the credit bureaus?
I actually found out about all this because I'm trying to buy a house and the loan officer asked if I ever went by a different name or lived in a different state. This prompted my curiosity and I pulled my own credit report later. Sure as shit I have a FICO score of 820 (I'm not complaining!) but there are 26 accounts listed (of which 11 of those I know for certain are mine) and there are past employers and residences listed that are definitely not mine. I saw the other "known name" as well and plan to call them about all this once I figure out what to say lol.
But yeah, based on what I saw in the merged report, the other person is perfectly responsible with finances. I am as well, but I still want to get separated because we are definitely not the same person. How do I do this???
Submitted June 08, 2018 at 03:17AM by kreastin https://ift.tt/2kXhi1S
