Identity Theft

I've had a social security number since I was 9 and now someone's using it. And there are 158 women with my exact name, including one who's assumed it.

        My data has been stolen in two data breaches in the last year, as well as the very mean janitor where I used to live threw away three-quarters of my belongings as I was moving. I didn't realize until I was resettled that even two plastic file cabinets containing my personal data had vanished. So this was bound to happen.

        Now 'authorities' tell me countless places to contact, but no way to stop it. I've been told that, in addition to freezing my credit, etc, I should file a report with the police, which seems absurd. The police are local.

        I'd like to offer some advice. But a person can do everything right and still end up with an impossible-to-fix conundrum. Oh, and the person who has allegedly been using my name and social security number is one of only 32 others with her own name. Lucky her. 

        Other victims of identity theft have had it worse. One woman did top secret drops of $200,000 a time to FBI imposters and lost over $600,000. 

        I've never had money to steal.