Why am I recieving someone else's email on my iCloud email?

I set up an iCloud account back when my partner and I purchased our iPad 2. We recently purchased me a new Retina Macbook Pro and when I set up my mail the icloud account was automatically filled in due to my Apple ID account info. However after it was set up I started recieving emails from three people all with the same last name.
How do I regain control of my iCloud account or create a new one and associate it with my Apple ID so I can stop getting email from people I have never met?

It is most likely that they have either mistyped their address or have somehow got the notion that your address is actually their address (inexperienced people do sometimes do this sort of thing).
Since you can't contact them (as you would just get the message back) I can only suggest responding to a suitable message to them and asking the sender if they can contact this person by another method and explain their error. As you have their credit card number possibly you could identify the card issuer (you could ask your bank - the first four digits would identify it) and contact them.
I don't think, given your description, that this is likely to be a phishing attempt.

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I am getting someone else's email at my icloud.com account . This person has same email as me. Emails are all UK based

It is most likely that they have either mistyped their address or have somehow got the notion that your address is actually their address (inexperienced people do sometimes do this sort of thing).
Since you can't contact them (as you would just get the message back) I can only suggest responding to a suitable message to them and asking the sender if they can contact this person by another method and explain their error. As you have their credit card number possibly you could identify the card issuer (you could ask your bank - the first four digits would identify it) and contact them.
I don't think, given your description, that this is likely to be a phishing attempt.

HT4436 If someone else has set up an ICloud account (that uses his name in the email address) using my Apple ID, do I have to change my Apple ID to open an account with my name in the email address?

If someone else has set up an ICloud account using my email address and Apple ID but has chosen his name for the mail name, can I get rid of his name in the [email protected] and put mine in there? Or do I have to set up a whole new acount with a new Apple ID? Will I be able to do that with his name already linked to my email address?

How did he manage to do this? - he would have to have known your password if he was using an existing Apple ID. You should change it immediately to something strong and unguessable. That will prevent him accessing the account or using the email he has set up (assuming he hasn't changed the password and locked you out).
You can't change the primary @icloud.com address once set up, though you can create additional addresses as email aliases: if he's given this address out you will get his emails but you could set up a Rule to trash them.
You might to better to create a new ID and iCloud account anyway. To do this you wil need a different non-Apple email address (you could use a free GMail one); or you have the option in the iCloud prefs pane to choose an @icloud.com address and make that the ID.

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when idownload an app it comes up as someone elses email and it wants me to type in their password to download the app but i cant log into my email instead for apple store

You're on the right track here, but the app itself has nothing to do with it.
Usually this issue occurs when the iPhone was bought used or given by someone else. And usually when someone sells/gives away their iPhone they don't bother logging out of it or restoring it as new. So their Apple ID's will remain logged in, meaning that you will not be able to download anything until you log them out and log in with your own. To do this is really simple:
1. Go to Settings>iTunes and App Store
2. Click the email that you see (someone else's email in this case)
3. Click either "Delete Account" or "Log out" towards the bottom of the screen
4. Sign in with your own apple ID
If you do not have an apple ID then I recommend going to appleid.apple.com and creating one. Be sure that when you create it, your information is accurate and that you can easily remember both your password and security questions.

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I have been receiving someone else's email on my computer, but the email has the address for their
computer. We are using 2 different ISP; only our last name is the same. Is this the work of a virus/worm received from an email from the other person? What can I do to rid my email of this intrusion?

I would say there are 2 possibilities:
1) The the sender (or sender's computer) sent the email to your address
2) The ISP of 'the other person' has made an error in one of his rerouting-rules
The only thing you can do is report these cases (forward the email with Full Headers ON) to the postmaster of both your and the other person's domain, as well as to the sender.
The problem is not on your end UNLESS you managed to configure your mailreader in a way that you use the other person's mail-servername, username and password, which is very unlikely!
Kind regards,
Adam

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Hi
Go to setting -> reset -> reset all content and setting. And to avoid this to happen again, after using your apple Id go to setting -> general -> restriction -> account and change from "allow changes" to "never allow changes". I even turn off itunes and app stores in restriction, i only turne them on when i need to download something and soon after finishing i turn them back off for safety.

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That Apple ID is associated with content on the iPhone. It's not itself a security threat.
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Back up all data.
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Nevermind, I see you learned how to edit the event.

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Hi,
I am getting some one else's email. That have the same name and email as I do, but are in another country.
Is there a number to call to fix this ?
Thanks !

Try iCloud Support > Apple - iCloud - Contact Support

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I have this same issue. Nobody else has been on this computer. I tried the following link and am waiting for spotlight to re-index everything.
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Why am I recieving someone else's email on my iCloud email?

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