BilletHead, I read every word of your post and sympathize. What an ordeal. At least life isn't boring.
I remember about 20 years ago my wife and I went to rent an apartment and of course they did a credit check. We were informed that our request for an apartment was denied because I was dead!! Say what?! Long story short, someone here in Springfield had He ripped over 1,000 people off in 6 states. My number had already been reassigned (which I did not even know they did) to a young lady in Oklahoma. Her and I had to spend thousands of dollars to get it all straightened out. Life is interesting.