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At this point I'm not sure what to do except write to you for help. Please advise me of what other options I have. I can't get a straight answer or help from your employees at my local office.

I've jumped through every hoop for 7 long months only to once again be facing homelessness and hunger unable to pay our bills. All I can think to do at this point is go to the news with this story of the fatherless kids who's dad was a decorated war vet and are getting nothing but the run around, rudeness, lies, countless hours of wasted time waiting at your local office, and homelessness for all our efforts.

My children and I have been receiving Survivors Benefits since 2003. Last July, I starting receiving letters stating that there was an overpayment on my children's accounts. These many different letters all have different amounts that I allegedly owe from $68,000.00 to $16,000.00 to $10,000.00.

I double and triple checked our bank records. I cross referenced them with the letters, w-2's etc. I received. There was never an overpayment. The kids benefits have been frozen and unfrozen several times during these 7 long months which has caused us a lot of serious hardship. We've had to receive several critical / immediate payments to cover our bills and fend off eviction.

For the last 7 months I've been forced to go into the local office 2-3 times per week to bring in all types of paperwork from: my bank statements, receipts for my bills, to proof that my son was in my care for the last 5 years. These many trips to my local office last on average 3-5 hours each.

I've been lied to by employees more times than I can count; "The money we owe you will be deposited into your account within 10 days", only to find out it was never ordered or processed, told "You just don't quit. Do you?" I've even been told to take my children to a homeless shelter by a social security employee.

I was recently given a waiver and told to bring in my bank statement and the ALLEGED overpayment would be waived. Only to bring it in, be told that it doesn't look right and looks like fraud, then the waiver was denied. Today I brought in ANOTHER copy of my bank statement, only to be told that there is nothing they can do until the waiver they denied was processed.

I was told that my daughters benefits were unfrozen and the money she is owed was being processed and would be deposited into our bank account by Fri. I asked the lady who told me over and over again that the money would be deposited by Fri. for a letter stating this so I could show my landlord who has served me an EVICTION NOTICE.

She told me that she can't give me a letter stating that but, printed another letter stating that my daughters benefits were unfrozen and we can expect a payment the third Wednesday in March. I was confused by the VERY different information I was given so, called the SSA 877 number. Only to find out that there is NO payment ordered or pending by Fri. and the next payment would be the third Wednesday in March.

So, my daughters benefits that were due for the month of Feb. (Feb. 20, 2013) have vanished into thin air. I must go back to my local office tomorrow and speak to the very same lady who looked me in the eye today and lied several times stating; "I'm looking right here at it. The payment will be made by Fri."

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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These people you dealing with are unqualified, hand picked by local politics, payola runners.

Please remember, people who haven't had to deal with them YET, are lied to and convinced we are all "bums". That's why it's easy for the payola scam to continue between the SSA and lawyers. The REAL PROBLEM WITH SSA IS CORRUPT EMPLOYEES!

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I don't know why you all are fighting with each other when someone is hurting with kids. You should be telling her it'll be OK and to keep her head up and not give up for her kids or maybe give her so e useful advice.

If I were you I would maybe find one of those legal clinics who helps people that don't have money because it sounds like if you involved a lawyer it would be pretty cut and dry. Maybe our governments should stop sending so much no ey to all these other countries that are using it to build nuclear bombs to lay down on us or using it to fund terroristic agencies that would put more planes through our trade centres if they were still standong , oh wait a minute they a,ready did that and a ton of our tax dollars went into that. And we have our own citizens struggling and starving its a sick joke. They should worry about their own people for once no they keep making all kinds of cuts.

Like important cuts to health care and children's schooling. I live in Canada so I do t know what its totally like for us citizens but I do know that they can't go to a hospitol and get a band aid without an HMO or have a child attend school if the parents can't afford to pay the yearly -expensive administration fee its crazy.

What's wrong with this worked. I never have or ever will vote for anyone as far as government voting is concerned be.cause they are all equal Hugh *** liars.

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To the OP, this is not a Social Security website, so no employees are going to address your issues. You need to contact their toll free number, 1-80*-***-**** or go to an office near you.

As far as "jp" .... what are you smoking son? WOW How can they get false numbers of applicants by having poeple in the office?? If people are there with questions or to get a Social Security card, they are not applying , so how are they inflating numbers? If you went to a gas station and bought a pack of gum, they can say you bought a gallon of gas, correct?

I have a neighbor that works for them, and the training is intensive and exhaustive! So i don't know where you get your information from, except maybe out of your ***.

Lastly, how is SSA responsible for your medicine and food? They pay cash benefits, period.

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what you talking about dr gonzo? how is some phone number going to help that just more of the governments false number to throw you off their trail.

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you cheeseburger eating ***. its not my fault that you choose to be part of the sh**tectonics that like in this country, rubbing against each other causing *** explosions.

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They fake everything! I know, i used to date a girl named Barbara from there, she was a fakey fakerton!

Guest

I have no idea what is going on with you and your survivors benefits, there is something fishy going on. From what I have heard from different sources the Social Security Department is really behind because of all the applicants.

I really don't think they are making you jump through all the hoops you say you are having to do. Maybe at the beginning of you and your kids getting the survivors benefits they had mis-figured the amount you and the kids should be receiving.

All I know is I have an adult disabled daughter that has been receiving disability for several years and there was a certain number of years that she was overpaid because her Dad earned too much income and she was drawing off his Social Security, and there is no beating the SS Dept. Maybe you should get a job, and you could still work at night and tend you SS problems in the daytime.

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Their main goal is to keep you going to the office, therefore they can report the false numbers of applicants and continue getting funding for more employees to face attrition, moreover to get you traumatized and hospitalized. These employees and supervisors are not using any training's provided by government agencies for the disabled.

They make their own policies and cause attrition and fail all our rights. They are always looking to blame and accuse you. I have gone through the same and we need to continue to advocate and make this administration very small. Once this agency is taken care off

we will be able to raise 1 trillion dollar in a year.

It is only government agencies has brought this country so far and even we want to go to work it is impossible to earn a dime, except ddedicating our lives to agencies that we are a victim of. Please, I would take an attorney and sue them for have no medicine, food and mental drainage.

Go the the hospital for your care. Thank you.

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And there millions of people getting SSI Crazy Money Checks for Bogus Mental illness claims too. They Ain't Working and They Are Getting Their Money For Nothing.

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