newbie needs direction

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:13 am

I received a letter from the irs, my name and address but not my SS#. It seems that someone filed a 1040 for tax period 2007 using my name. Is there a way for me to match the social security number with its rightful owner. anyone's help is greatly appreciated the number given is 57627xxxx

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:54 pm

hynhvn welcome to Detective Forums.
Sorry no free way of matching the SS # on this forum.
I suggest you contact IRS and let them resolve the problem.

http://www.irs.gov/help/article/0,,id=96730,00.html

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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:02 pm

Thanks for your help. I should have came here before I paid the membership at that government records site. Oh well.
Thank you again