Someone Trying to Access Our Account?!

We just got three emails from Apple stating that someone was trying to reset our iTunes password. (Either our new or the old one.)
I don't think they have yet, but it doesn't look good. After all, we have our credit card on there, there's no telling how much they would charge us if they got ahold of it.
What do I do?
Should I just change the password?
Or is there something else I should do?
Please reply, because we recently had attempts at other forms of ID theft, and I'm starting to wonder if this isn't connected to the bozo(s) who did it.
SSD~

I would suggest that you immediately remove your credit card information from your iTunes Store account. That will prevent someone from going wild with purchases should they indeed be able to crack your account. You can enter in the card information when you want to make a purchase or shift to using prepaid cards (which will at least limit the amount of damage a hack could do).
And of course make sure you have a secure password (something not easily guessable) for your account. You might even want to consider getting a different email account and opening a completely new iTunes Store account.
Hope this helps.

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