Possibly fraud ?

Question

So I am now 23 years old & I just checked my credit history & it shows up 2 addresses I’ve never lived at & then also shows up a place I never worked .. I reported it but I’m also curious if I can look into seeing if someone claimed me in 2016-2017 bc at the time I was 16-17 & I was kicked out & started living with my boyfriend .. I think my aunt & grandmother then claimed me for 3 years after that.. & if so, I’d like to report it if I can.

Answer

There’s something called an identity pin number that you can get each year from the IRS, it blocks your account from anyone filing taxes with your Social Security number. Every year they mail you a piece of paper with a new pin number and no tax can be filed without that number electronically at least, you can also freeze your credit reports, I have a client who does that, we were trying to refinance his house, and every time they tried to run his credit there was a block and he would have to unblock it, so you can actually put a block on your credit just in case somebody is trying to use your social. I think you can freeze your social with programs like LifeLock etc. ￼You can contact Social Security and they can provide you with everywhere that your social has been used for work, because they would’ve contributed to Social Security from specific employment agencies, see if you can report things to them, and as for the IRS, you can try contacting them there’s an appointment hotline that you can call, they pick up the phone better than the actual 1-800 number for the IRS. 1 (844) 545-5640 that’s the appointment line, you can talk to somebody and see if they can check into some of the information, they may have to pay back the monies that were taken in your name, so they may not be too happy with you when they get a bill from the IRS, but at this point I wouldn’t care no longer your problem, that’s their problem. They can check into your account history and see if your taxes were indeed filed in the years that you claimed that you didn’t do taxes but somebody claimed you, you can prove to them that you did not live with them nor did they provided more than 50% of what I needed To claim  a dependent￼. I would ask the woman on the phone what else you can do, and tell her that you believe your identity has been stolen because when you were on your credit report, they were addresses and jobs listed that you never worked at nor lived at and ask her what else she can recommend. If you should go into your local IRS office or she can handle it over the phone. That’s your best bet to cover all of your bases And to clean up everything for the future.

Answer

According to google, it doesn't look like you'll be able to find out who claimed you then. The only way the IRS would get notified is if more than one person tried to claim you separately, or you tried file yourself and someone else tried to claim you at the time, because then the IRS would reject the second filing that came through since a dependent can't be claimed twice. 
I would follow up with the credit bureau just to make damn sure those addresses and work place are removed from your credit. I had a NY address on mine when I applied for a loan many years ago, so I had to call them and explain that I have never lived in NY and to please take that off. Are they addresses you recognize? Because if its someone you know that lives there, you may be able to report them for using your social.

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