<prompt> Human: X-post from rlegaladviceFound out recently that me and another person share the same SSN. Its crazy. We have the same SSN and even the same birthday and birth year, but our names are totally different and we live several states apart. Im in the process of requesting a new SSN and was told it could take months for SSA to review my application. In the meantime, how do I get this addressed with the credit bureaus?I actually found out about all this because Im trying to buy a house and the loan officer asked if I ever went by a different name or lived in a different state. This prompted my curiosity and I pulled my own credit report later. Sure as shit I have a FICO score of 820 Im not complaining! but there are 26 accounts listed of which 11 of those I know for certain are mine and there are past employers and residences listed that are definitely not mine. I saw the other known name as well and plan to call them about all this once I figure out what to say lol.But yeah, based on what I saw in the merged report, the other person is perfectly responsible with finances. I am as well, but I still want to get separated because we are definitely not the same person. How do I do this???  <response>: You and this other person dont have the same social. The Social Security Administration issues them and only issues each number to one person. One of you or the other is using the other persons social. It could even be unknowingly. Sometimes people immigrate illegally with small children and use fake socials on forms. Sometimes the children dont discover until well into their adulthood that theyre not American citizens. And sometimes credit card companies and banks are sloppy and just take someone at their word that a certain social belongs to them. 