text: what do you do if some one has stolen your identity? i was doing a look up on my family's last name.. it is very unusal and there are no family members living in the us with our last name.. i did a search and found some one with the same name (first and last) it shows a city and a phone number and an address i have never lived at... should i contact that number? or should i turn it in somewhere as suspicious??? is there a hotline>? checking your credit reports is the first step. everyone is entitled to, one free credit report each year, from each of the three major credit reporting services.   if someone has stolen your identity, it will be reflected there pretty quickly.    below is the federal web site on id theft. excellent details and links.  http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/