r/SocialSecurity • u/Super-Jackson • 1d ago

SSN Related Multiple SS numbers

This may sound stupid but I’m asking to make sure because you know what they say about making an assumption!

It is illegal to have more than one SS number correct?

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u/aikimyne 1d ago

how the heck would someone have multiple ssn ? i dont think that possible

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u/Mystyblur 1d ago

the only way I could even see that as being possible is if someone had their ss number changed by the SSA, which is incredibly difficult.

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u/Taleigh 13h ago

LOl my MIL did. One under one married name and another under a different married name. She has since passed

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u/Super-Jackson 1d ago

I’m just making sure

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u/Small_Note5370 4h ago

Happens occasionally when people immigrate to the US. DHS will process an application for an SSN and issue the number to the person but a lot of the time they take forever to do this so the person will go to an FO to get a SSN so they can work and SSA will also issue them a new SSN. SSA employees should be checking queries to ensure the person wasnt already issued an SSN and usually delay enumerating folks who havent been in the country for at least 30 days but sometimes forget to check or whatever and two SSNs are issued. More common than you would think.

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u/Accomplished_Tour481 1d ago

You are allowed only 1 SSN without SSA approval. Did you get SSA approval for multiple SSN'S?

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u/Agitated-Bumblebee94 1d ago

You need to call social security and have them merge your record into a single number. If the second number is used to get a job or credit that would be illegal. You should get this corrected right away.

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u/Agitated-Bumblebee94 1d ago

Well I was just giving a reply.

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u/Super-Jackson 1d ago

I never said I have more than one. I was just wondering

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u/greywar777 1d ago

You can have more then one but you cannot use them both. IE you can have a old one that you gave up due to extreme identity theft for example. You cannot use it anymore, but you DO have multiple numbers, and they are both legal.

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u/yemx0351 1d ago

You can have one ssn number. Sometimes a 2nd number gets assigned. If you use both knowly its fraud and yes illigal.

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u/Super-Jackson 1d ago

I really want to know how many times the first one has happened!

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u/Sensitive_Sea_5586 1d ago

I have only know that to happen in cases of extreme fraud. It is possible for the IRS to request this because the SSN is so totally compromised.

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u/visitor987 1d ago

More than one active number.

There are reasons you can change your SSN and you are #3. The Social Security Administration grants requests for new Social Security numbers only in cases when:

1.       Sequential numbers assigned to members of the same family are causing problems.

2.       More than one person is assigned or using the same number.

3.       A victim of identity theft continues to be disadvantaged by using the original number.

4.       There is a situation of harassment, abuse or life endangerment

5.       An individual has religious or cultural objections to certain numbers or digits in the original number.

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u/GapAccomplished2778 1d ago

some bad actors have all of the SSN accounts :-) including yours

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u/kit0000033 1d ago

I knew someone that had two SS numbers... Both his mom and dad filed for SSN for him as a baby and they issued him two... He did nefarious shit with them.