Someone applied for a pell grant in my name and social but at a different address and with my first name misspelled. They defaulted on the Pell grant but collected the money that was sent to their address. I was contacted by the Department of Education saying that I owed this money. I told them that I did not sign for this grant and did not attend XXXX XXXX College, this was not my debt. I had already gotten my XXXX degree 15 years ago. They started to garnish my wages anyways. I filled Police Reports, FTC Complaints, Notified the Credit Reporting Agencies and Placed Extended Fraud Alerts, Disputed Information, Notified the Department of Education, the College, and the Collection Agency and Filed Paperwork with the Department of Education. The Department of Education has rejected my claims and said that this is my debt and continues to garnish my wages. They said that they will not stop unless I get a court judgement. I can not get a court judgement when I do not know who the person is that stole my identity. I have called several places but every where is a dead end, no one can seem to help me. Every one says that if it was a student loan then it would be a different story and then they could help me, but since it is a Federal Pell grant, there is nothing that they can do. The Department of Education is Rude and MEAN to me, they treat me like a criminal and will not offer me any help. I am not the criminal, I am the VICTIM. I need help. I need to know how to stop the garnishment, get my money back, and clear my name. Please help me.