Crooks are using your Social Security number to build a fake person. It’s the fastest-growing crime in America.
June 7, 2026

They take one real number, usually a child’s or a senior’s, glue on a fake name and birthday, then create a brand-new “person” who racks up credit and vanishes. You don’t find out until your file is wrecked. Here’s how to catch it.

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