Last weekend I was trying to open a checking account with my social security number (SSN). I haven’t used my SSN very much since I only got it early this year. To my surprise, there is a person who has similar name (the only different is she is by Amy and I am not). And the weird thing is she has already opened an account in the same bank two years ago and has the same social security number as me!
After calling Social Security office and confirmed that all the information in their system is correct, I went to the bank to clear things out with the original SSN card in hand. After a long wait, the clerk was very suprised that my first name is not Amy. Furthermore, she was surprised that this Amy was born in the same day as me.
She told me to get an offical letter from Social Security to ensure that I have the correct SSN. If this SSN number is truly mine then I have to file for identiy thelf through the bank.
Personally, I think it is a mistake from the Social Security Department. Jung tried to google my twin sister online. It turns out she lives in Irvine, CA and she graduated from Concordia University in Irvine. And weird thing is that I also graduated from Concordia, but in Montreal, Canada.
Just wondering, what is the chance that two people have same name, same birthday, same mother’s last name, graduated from two universities with the same name, share the same SSN and, finally, live in same state?