How come someone else is receiving my icloud emails?

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How come someone else is receiving my icloud emails?

I just found out that someone else is receiving my icloud emails. I tried to make a dinner reservation and gave my icloud email address, nothing turned up so I called them and they said that someone with the same name as me called 5 minutes before to say they had received the confirmation email. I checked the address i entered online and it was correct, so someone else is receiving my mail. On checking back to my inbox, I haven't received a mail for about a week!! I can send mail, checked this by sending to my Gmail account, but someone else with the same name is receiving my mail, what can I do?

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Posted on Aug 16, 2014 7:37 AM

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Brett L

Community Specialist

Aug 18, 2014 7:59 AM in response to Cammalitos

Hi Cammalitos,

If you are concerned about the security of your iCloud email account, and based on what you state it sounds like you should be, you should change the password for that Apple ID and iCloud account (they are the same) using the steps provided here -

Apple ID: Changing your password

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5624

You may also want to consider turning on two-step verification for increased security -

Frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

Best,

Brett L

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