I just got notified by the IRS that someone has used my SS to gain employment. Put a fraud alert in place with all 3 credit bureaus and had them check for inquiries - but nothing unusual has showed up yet. Went to go see the SSA to see if there had been any other earnings except mine reporting in and then said no, BUT 2018 SSA payments don't get reported to them until taxes are filed. I thought that was a little odd - I had just assumed that as SS was withheld from checks, that it dropped into 'my account' and was trackable in real time with SSA....but apparently not.
Now I'm going back to the IRS to see if I can get them to tell me the name and company of the person using my SS#. Probably won't have much luck, but am at least going to try - and maybe see if my Congressman can help.
I'd like to file a police report and contact this guys company directly to let them know what's going on. Is there anything else I should be doing?