Legal Question in Social Security Law in California

Deceased mother's identity theft

I have contacted every agency, dept, administration or committee i can find. I have spoken to the Bar, only to have them tell me that Identity theft is new territory.

My facts are as follows;

My mother's reported as alive, her SS# Active, her age is 66, born 3/1940 and she is not on the SSDI.

My mother died on Christmas Day 1998, I have certified death certificate and have twice shown them to Social Security. She was born July 24, 1921.

I am a basket-case over this and i can't seem to find anyone that can help me correct it. Imagine, wanting to see your mother's name on the Social Security Death Index;

The 3 credit reporting agencys have my mother's birtdate

WRONG, What the hell am i suppose to do.?????


Asked on 3/21/06, 8:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
MARK GEYER LAW OFFICES OF MARK MITCHELL GEYER

Re: Deceased mother's identity theft

Good morning.

Send a registered letter to each of the three credit bureaus along with a certified copy of the death certificate.

Send a copy of that letter and the death certificate to your local police department with a letter addressed to the Chief of Police, as well as the computer fraud crimes department and the Watch Commander of the local station.

Send copies of those letters to the Social Security Administration in Maryland.

In your letter to the 3 credit agencies, state clearly that each agency (in a letter adressed to each) is violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and various other state and federal laws by knowingly and falsely reporting an active credit history of a deceased person.

If that does not work, make sure you then copy all of the above to EACH of your own credit vendors, Mastercard, Visa, AMEX etc. so that you do not get the aftermath of credit theft.

Most attorneys do not do this type of work and really, no agency has a clue. I have done a lot of this for clients and it is increasingly troublesome. NOTE: Although it does not apply to you, some homeowner insurance companies are now providing coverage for the fallout of identity theft.

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Answered on 3/23/06, 10:20 am


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