Help! someone registered I-Tunes account with my email address!

I recently bought an IPhone! Yippee!
I am new to Itunes, and registered for a new account. I-Tunes pop up said that my email address was already in the system, and asked me if it was me (my email address).
So I clicked "forgot my password" thinking that my husband may have set up an account for us.
I reset my password, and found an app that I wanted (free) and downloaded the app and tried to sync my phone. The app loaded on Itunes, but would not sync with my phone.
So, I went to "my account" and there was someone else's name, contact info and credit card info on linked to my email address.
Anyone know how this is possible?
I contacted my internet provider, and they could not find any other name listed under my address.
Fortunately, I am an honest person, but am a littel freaked out at how I could access this man's account by accident.
We have the same last name and first initial, and he lives in another state.
Can anyone tell me how this happened?
I write this here tonight because I would like to get this straightened out as soon as possible, and could not call support as they are not open until tomorrow morning.
I would appreciate any help , and thank you in advance for your time with this matter.
Hope to hear from someone soon,
Rhonnie

Possibly it is something nefarious, but more likely he simply mistyped the info. Since your names are similar, by any chance are the email addresses similar?
Depending how this shakes out, you and he could be causing confusion for each other on a regular basis. Since you have barely started using your account, there is not much downside for you start a new account with a different email address. Redownload the one free app on the new account, and forget about the old account.

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