{"id":206699,"date":"2018-07-24T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/?p=206699"},"modified":"2018-07-19T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:26:44","slug":"where-to-go-when-your-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/where-to-go-when-your-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to go when your dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.101&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Where do you go when your dead?<\/p>\n<p>Brian called us in a panic! He was receiving multiple inquiries from Social Security, Medicare, IRS, his bank, his pension, and credit card companies! All these entities were asking for certified copies of his death certificate! He was alarmed and confused all at the same time and immediately thought of one office he could call for help! <strong>American Retirement Advisors<\/strong>. Brian remembered that we offered to help him if he ever had any questions about retirement or any problems or issues.<\/p>\n<p>We suggested he come into the office and bring any documentation for these \u201crequests\u201d he was receiving. Upon his arrival, we discovered a disturbing pattern. Someone was trying to alter his income and redirect it to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>We asked about the usual list of possible suspects. An angry ex-spouse? A family member who was mad at him and just wanted to cause him aggravation? A goofy friend who thought this might be a great joke to play on him? Or more simply, just a case of I.D. fraud? When reviewing the issue, we asked who would benefit from this type of action? <strong>More importantly, how can he fix this<\/strong>? How do you prove you\u2019re still alive? All these entities have put a hold on his income and benefits until the issue is cleared up! He now has no income to pay his bills!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to do<\/strong>? First, make sure that the government is clear that you are alive. Take all documentation to your local Social Security office. These items need to include your driver\u2019s license, birth certificate, divorce papers, passport, or basically anything that proves you are you!<\/p>\n<p>Next, <strong>contact<\/strong> all the credit bureaus and place a lock and password on all your accounts. Same with your bank and credit card companies. You can also set up accounts with providers like \u201cLifeLock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set up passwords<\/strong> with your Social Security and Medicare accounts. This can be done online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/\"><em>www.socialsecurity.gov<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/\">www.medicare.gov<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit your bank<\/strong> in person and let them know that there is fraud occurring with your identity and get them involved on your behalf as well.<br \/>\n<em><strong>We also assisted Brian in contacting his retirement accounts, and with these remedies in place, he was on the right path of proving \u201cI\u2019m alive\u201d!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not doing so already, make sure you check your bank account on a regular basis as well as performing bank reconciliations monthly at a minimum. Call your credit card providers in advance when you are traveling and let them know where you are visiting so that they can be aware of credit card charges from somewhere that\u2019s not normal for you. It\u2019s the old adage \u201c<strong>an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Where do you go when your dead? Brian called us in a panic! He was receiving multiple inquiries from Social Security, Medicare, IRS, his bank, his pension, and credit card companies! All these entities were asking for certified copies of his death certificate! He was alarmed and confused all at the same time and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5377,"featured_media":206660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-american-retirement-advisor-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Retirement Advisors 800-568-1095 Expert Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"American Retirement Advisors, David P. Schaeffer, Retirement Advisor, Retirement Defender, Insure your savings, Save your Savings from Wall Street. 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