<prompt> Human: Im hoping someone can give me some advice on this. I just received a letter from the Social Security Administration yesterday and they claim I owe them nearly 5,000. I talked to my mom about it and she said she claimed money off my social security number when I was around eight years old. That was nearly fifteen years ago as I am twenty three now and they are just now trying to collect. I just have a few questions. Can they do this, do I have to pay this back and if not what do I have to do to get this to go away?  <response>: You need to contact SSA directly and find out what is going on. There are legit reasons your mother could have gotten SS benefits for you and right now you do not have enough information to proceed. 