<prompt> Human: So, Im not sure how it happened, but I have a life under the wrong SSN. Think it was a smudge on my beat up SSN card or maybe I just memorized the wrong number because it was an easier string of numbers, but regardless: I have been using, successfully, the wrong SSN for over a decade. Degrees, taxes, paychecks, utilities in my name, bank accounts, government issued identification: all the other me. I just found out this week I got a new SSN card. How screwed am I when Im older? How can I fix this? I have been secretly freaking out about this in my life in plain sight of everyone. Thank you PF.edit: thank you all. I have started the process. Im not still sure how I did this, let alone got away with it for so long, but the SSN office got a chuckle out of it and Im not going to jail so that is a plus.  <response>: Ill defer to any experts here that show up, but your first step is likely to be contacting the Social Security Administration and explaining the situation to them. 