I have flunked MySocial Security identity test 5 times

[longboard55]

I am wondering if is really me, how could I not know what credit cards I applied for in 2002.

 

[TCRAIG]

Same here - I was told you had to go to an SS office in person to get your online access reset and insight into their dumber than dumb security questions - I too was asked questions about CC from 20 plus years ago - sheesh

 

[NYCgrrl]

Maybe open a tab to your credit history before next taking the test; the answer will be there.
What I want to know is how does the SS office know what credit cards I had- not like I use cards to pay my taxes and the interest rate deduction was abolished before the 21st century began I think. Big Brother knows way too much.

 

[longboard55]

I think it is the what street have you never lived on then they list all 4 that I have never lived on and they have a none of the above. Maybe I should just pick one, I was picking none of the above, but now I am locked out and will have to call SS and wait for two hours so they unlock me.

 

[Tallis]

This literally happened to me yesterday and I got locked out. One of the questions was about a cousin of my husband that I've never even met, and he hasn't seen her in the over 30 years we have been married. The only connection I have to her in on facebook.

And I have no clue about what bank we financed a car through in the 80's. Geez ....

 

[Imzadi]

I got what MONTH & YEAR did I open a particular bank account?

I don't know. I'm not living in a third world country where opening a bank account is so monumental, that it would be seared into my brain.

Another question that stumps me is when they ask if I ever owned a particular car from the 1980s - 90s. I had a cousin who used to fix & sell used cars. So I literally had different cars every few years. And they were all the tremendously popular models like: Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Ford Escort. SOME had little suffix letters on the end of the model like GXE, GT, RS. So, any combo of popular car names, years, with or without a letter suffix is going to throw me.

 

[Meglen]

Am I out if the loop? What's this site used for ?

 

[starry_solo]

Am I out if the loop? What's this site used for ?

social security administration....to get your SSA statements and all

 

[Meglen]

social security administration....to get your SSA statements and all

Hrm.. never used that before. And I feel stupid for asking what is a SSA statement... ? I'm assuming this is all for tax season but normally I just get all my info online or mailed. Never had to visit a ss website.

 

[low-key]

You got to answer a question to get a social ? Im glad they didnt have that when I got one, I would be an illegal alien

 

[starry_solo]

Hrm.. never used that before. And I feel stupid for asking what is a SSA statement... ? I'm assuming this is all for tax season but normally I just get all my info online or mailed. Never had to visit a ss website.

social security administration. The statement tells you what to expect in social security benefits at various ages. The SSA wants to go paperless

 

[Meglen]

social security administration. The statement tells you what to expect in social security benefits at various ages. The SSA wants to go paperless

Ohh ok so being 33 I wouldn't have any idea about this yet. Well I hope they work there stuff out it seems stupid right now.

 

[starry_solo]

Ohh ok so being 33 I wouldn't have any idea about this yet. Well I hope they work there stuff out it seems stupid right now.

you're going to want to apply for an account while you remember the details.

 

[TLSnell1981]

I passed.

 

[longboard55]

Applying for medicare or you can say we just got a $1500 month raise. My favorite line is call the toll free number if you have any questions, and I call and the message is your wait time is 4 hours.

 

[kaytieeldr]

The questions are a pita, but if you don't remember what credit card you opened in 1982, it's even less likely that a scammer will know.

My experience has been that it never actually takes four hours (well, except back in the early 2000s, trying to get Free Dining. Like the exaggerated attraction wait times, the number is designed to discourage you.

Tip from SS Rep if you do need to go into an office: MAKE the appointment, then just go as early as possible on the first day possible. Yes, you will have to wait - but something that wouldn't be resolved for a month based on my appointment, instead got done less than an hour after the office opened.

Plus the 75 minute wait out in the cold in December, so I could be the first walk in. Worth every minute.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Interest piqued and a need to replace my long lost but still remembered SS# card, I took the test with cheat sheets in hand and got what I wanted. Thanks for the heads up on what was needed, folks, since I despise sitting in govt offices along with bank visits!

 

[wgeo]

The worst part is that the names are different on some things. Like I financed a car with Toyota once - but apparently on the credit report it was listed as OMNI bank or something like that. I had to have a copy of the credit report opened up and still had to guess on a few.

 

[jo-jo]

I'm just going to live under a rock.

I have issues with TSA/REAL ID paperwork, now I have to know what bank I use 30 years ago???? A few years ago I applied for a child clearance so I could help at a church. One of the questions what was your address in 1976. Well, I could tell you what county, but I had no idea of street name or number of apartments. I just put down what I remembered and did get the clearance.

 

[mrodgers]

Another question that stumps me is when they ask if I ever owned a particular car from the 1980s - 90s. I had a cousin who used to fix & sell used cars. So I literally had different cars every few years. And they were all the tremendously popular models like: Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Ford Escort. SOME had little suffix letters on the end of the model like GXE, GT, RS. So, any combo of popular car names, years, with or without a letter suffix is going to throw me.

Gender problem, LOL. There isn't a guy out there that couldn't tell you what model and trim level of cars they've had. Heck, I can tell you the mileage I bought them and the mileage when I got rid of them as well as how much I paid and got when sold. 15 cars over 31 years including the cars I've bought for my then wife.

How did you all know you need to do this? That's one downfall of not having cable, I don't get to watch the news any more, and I have better things to do than to seek out news sites on the net. I use to watch the news for the weather while getting ready for work, then after work while I ate dinner. Other than that, I don't ever see any news except for stuff I find on forums such as this.

Meh, I expect to be dead before I can collect anyways. I don't plan on ever retiring and hope I'm gone before 70. I think my SS is $1200 or something, no way I'm going to be able to survive on that.