[TomGuy]

And over the entire 10-year span, federal agencies like the IRS and the Social Security Administration could have detected suspicious use of her Social Security number, since they were collecting taxes from multiple jobs at multiple locations. But it is not the policy of either agency to warn consumers that their number might have been been stolen.

Something isn't adding up in this story.

If the SSN had SS income, that amount would show up in the documentation for said SSN.

Sanchez would receive annual SS reports that would show total income applied to her SSN. Surely, she would have noticed an erroneous $120,000 showing up on her account.

[APRPEH]

not so sure. if the illegal was using a different name and the same SSN, the resulting "sub-file" info might not show up on the annual summary.

however, since the consumer/victim in this story was indeed receiving IRS statements for unreported income than the above scenario wouldn't hold. the presumption is that she read the annual SSA letter.

its a good point you made and needs to be investigated.

[FMBass]

“If the SSN had SS income, that amount would show up in the documentation for said SSN.”

I believe the SS report is taken from your 1040. Thus, you would have no way of knowing.

[dalereed]

"Sanchez would receive annual SS reports that would show total income applied to her SSN"

What yearly report, the only one I ever received was the year I turned 65.