article_snippet.sent: A Michigan woman who was expecting to find a tax refund in she mailbox was shocked when she instead received a letter from the IRS informing she that she had 'died'.
article_snippet.sent: The staff told Sarah Jewell that someone had filed she Social Security number as deceased in November 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Jewell, 25, was expecting to find a tax refund in her mailbox when she instead received a letter from the IRS informing she that she had 'died' But fast-forward three months later and Sarah Jewell said she hasn't received instruction from Social Security on how to proceed and her Social Security number has yet to be reinstated - leaving she life in total disarray.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Jewell still hasn't received she tax refund, one of she credit cards was cancelled, and
article_snippet.sent: even she driver's license, which she was meant to renew, now lists she as deceased, she told Fox 17 West Michigan.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Jewell's local Social Security office told Jewell's local Social Security office that in November 2014 someone had filed Jewell's local Social Security office Social Security number as deceased.
article_snippet.sent: But fast-forward three months later and Sarah Jewell's Social Security number hasn't been reinstated.
article_snippet.sent: Jewell's local Social Security office also cannot renew Jewell's local Social Security office driver's license, has not received Jewell's local Social Security office tax refund and had one of Jewell's local Social Security office credit cards cancelled .
article_snippet.sent: Fox said about 9,000 living Americans are misreported as deceased to the administration, making up 0.35 per cent of three million annual deaths.
highlights_snippet.sent: she learned someone had filed she number as deceased in November 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But after three months her number hasn't been reinstated, she hasn't received she tax refund, and she driver's license also lists she as deceased .
  