Long Beach California Protecting Deceased Persons from Identity Theft

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California
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Long Beach
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CA-P084-PKG
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This package contains the forms that are necessary to reduce the risk of and remedy the effects of identity theft of deceased persons. You will find forms that are essential to you in notifying creditors, government agencies and other entities of an individual’s death, as well as theft of a deceased person’s identifying information. The documents in this package include the following:


1) Guide for Protecting Deceased Persons from Identity Theft;


2) Checklist for Remedying Identity Theft of Deceased Persons;


3) Identity Theft Contact Table;


4) Letter to Membership Programs Notifying Them of Death;


5) Letter to Report False Submission of Deceased Person's Information;


6) Letter to Credit Card Companies and Financial Institutions Notifying Them of Death;


7) Letter to Credit Reporting Bureaus or Agencies Requesting Copy of Deceased Person's Credit Report and Placement of Deceased Alert;


8) Letter to Social Security Administration Notifying Them of Death;


9) Letter to Creditor, Collection Agencies, Credit Issuer or Utility Company Notifying Them of Death;


10) Letter to Insurance Company Notifying Them of Death;


11) Letter to Department of Motor Vehicles Notifying Them of Death;


12) Letter to Other Entities Notifying Them of Death; and


13) Letter to Law Enforcement Notifying Them of Identity Theft of Deceased Person


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Deceased family member identity theft, also known as ghosting, occurs when someone uses the personal information of a deceased person to commit fraud. This can include opening new credit accounts, applying for loans or making other financial transactions in the deceased person's name.

The Social Security Administration ( ) does not reappoint a Social Security number to someone else after the original owner's death. The SSA estimates that there are enough new number combinations to last well into the next SEVERAL generations.

Identity Theft of a Deceased Person Identity thieves can get personal information about deceased individuals by reading obituaries, stealing death certificates, or searching genealogy websites that sometimes provide death records from the Social Security Death Index.

To date, 453.7 million different numbers have been issued. Q20: Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies? A: No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death.

Identity thieves can strike even after death. An identity thief's use of a deceased person's Social Security number may create problems for family members. This type of identity theft also victimizes merchants, banks, and other businesses that provide goods and services to the thief.

PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT AFTER DEATH Be careful about what information you put in the obituary.Contact the Social Security Administration.Pull your loved one's credit report before reaching out to the credit bureaus.Report the death to the credit bureaus.Request a death flag.

If you need to report a death or apply for benefits, call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). You can speak to a Social Security representative between a.m. ? p.m. Monday through Friday.

With a name, address and birth date in hand, they can illicitly purchase the person's Social Security number on the Internet for as little as $10. This time of year, criminals may file tax returns under the identities of the dead, collecting refunds (they totaled $5.2 billion in 2011) from the IRS.

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