Family member is using my personal information
I have an uncle who has the same name as me. We were named after my grandfather. His father uses his information when he was a child to open up credit cards. About 25 years ago, he was pulled over and gave my information to the police because he didn't have a license. He told me and I had to go to court. I did it.
I recently logged into my studentaid.gov account and noticed that the email was set to his wife's email. I confronted him about it and he just said "my bad". I let it go but I wanted to know that I knew about it. To put him on notice.
Today I got a text that associated from a realtor asking if the address at his house was for sell. So somehow my phone number has been associated with his address now.
I haven't ever seen anything weird on my credit report, but what should I do here?
Like, can he be hurting me somehow without it showing on my credit report?
Should I do something now so that he can't in the future?
I did message him this morning asking what this text is about.
Posted Mar 6, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC