Someone registered an Apple ID with my email address

Someone just bought a new iPhone 6 Plus and has registered a new Apple ID using my gmail address (my Apple ID uses a different email address). I'm sure they just typed something in the boxes so they could continue with the device setup and we just happen to have the same name. However, I've gotten a few email from his actions (resetting the password, turning off Find My iPhone etc). I'd rather not be getting these email.
I recovered the password on the account (since I have access to the email address he used) and tried to set a reminder and a calendar event for him (with a note to please create a new Apple ID) but I don't think he has iCloud syncing setup for his calendar and reminders, so I don't think he got the messages. A couple of days later I got another email when he recovered the account password. I also tried Messages from my iPad to contact him, but it doesn't look like he's gotten things setup yet as Message does't recognize the email as a valid Message account.
Any suggestions on what my next steps are?
Thanks!

I received a phishing mail today from a fake id.apple.com account. It was sent to my work email, which I do not use as an Apple ID. But I got curious and found out that my work email indeed IS in use as an Apple ID.
I tried the "forgot your password" function and got a notice saying that Apple has sent a message to the email connected with that account. But I didn't receive it. Then I tried to answer the security questions, and it didn't accept my birth date.
So, SOMEONE has opened an Apple account with my work email (which features my full name), but all mail traffic is rerouted to another email account.
How can I stop them from using my name/email?

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I received a phishing mail today from a fake id.apple.com account. It was sent to my work email, which I do not use as an Apple ID. But I got curious and found out that my work email indeed IS in use as an Apple ID.
I tried the "forgot your password" function and got a notice saying that Apple has sent a message to the email connected with that account. But I didn't receive it. Then I tried to answer the security questions, and it didn't accept my birth date.
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How can I stop them from using my name/email?

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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.
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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.
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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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Hi Ralph,
I have received the iPhone 5s from my carrier EE UK. I never had a second hand device as all my previous iPhones received from my carrier. Every time I restore from iCloud backup, first I enter my Apple ID and Password, then it authenticates and goes through next process and updates iCloud settings, right after initial settings then it displayes enter your password where the Apple ID is the metntioned Apple ID and in the bottom it says "Skip this to go next process" or something. I have to press that everytime to skip it, then restore my backup from iCloud and then when I'm in iPhone home it asks me for the password of that mentoned email. So everytime I change the email address to my Apple ID then enter my password that activates my iCloud services and start downloading all the apps I installed.
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As I understand it you have an "orphaned" Apple ID that has not been used in years, whose email address no longer exists or is otherwise inaccessible, and you don't remember your fake birthday. Is that correct?
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Click this:
One of the options that appears next will enable you to check the status of an order, even one that was placed ten years ago. Fifteen, I'm not so sure, but I know their order status history encompasses more than ten years. You will need to find an option that does not require that Apple ID and password combination.
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Somebody created an Apple ID with my email address!

Hi all!
I've received a few emails from Apple: the first one was asking me to verify my email address, the subsequent ones informed me that someone was accessing iCloud, FaceTime and iMessage from an iPhone 4s, using my Apple ID.
After a few minutes, another email asked me to reset my Apple ID password, and I immediately did.
then the first thing I did was to register to the support community to seek for help.
I'm not biased against Apple, but:
- I don't own any Apple device, and don't actually plan to buy any.
- I don't need an Apple ID, since I don't use any of the services for which it is required (at least so far).
On the other hand, I don't want my ID to be suspended, since I don't know if I will ever need one, in the future (afaik, you cannot reuse an email address to create an ID once it has already been used to create another account).
My understanding is that someone has bought his first Apple product and then has erroneously inserted *my* email address while creating his (mine, in fact!) Apple ID.
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Is changing the password enough for me to be sure that noone else can use my ID? Or is there anything else that I can/must/should do?
thanks in advance!

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