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What Social Security says to do if you're incorrectly listed as dead

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"Our records are highly accurate," the Social Security Administration says.

Less than 10,000 erroneous reports need to be corrected, the agency says.

A person wrongly reported as deceased "can be devastating to the individual, spouse and dependent children," SSA says.

In rare cases, people are mistakenly reported to the agency as dead.