<prompt> Human: 1 my dad has my SSN written down so I cant just take it back he knows it. Anywho, my dad was bringing up that I was approved for all these cards. And then I was like um...cool and I just got a note in the mail saying I was under my name denied for one and approved for another. The approved one has a card for me AND my dad in it. I brought it up to him and asked why hes doing this and he said because you need more credit cards and I just said I dont want any, Im happy with the one I have now. I dont spend much and I ripped up and threw away the other ones and he got all mad at me for doing that. Hes upset I want him to stop opening up cards in my name and having him as an authorized user. What can I do about is? Am I SOL, his credit is shit and he made my moms credit shit so Im afraid hes going to make mine shitAssistant: How old are you? You likely need to file a police report for identity theft, and report fraud to all the credit agencies. Check out the first auto-mod link.Human: 19Assistant: Listen to the advice here OP. My dad opened up tons of crap in my name. Said I was helping the family. He took my credit score to the high 400s by the time I was 20. Im 32 now and just finally undid all the damage I let him do to my score. 12 years is a long time. I couldnt buy a car except at shady dealerships, I couldnt rent an apartment without my girlfriends Dad to cosign for me. Banks wouldnt loan me a dime and credit card companies would only allow me to have secured credit.Dont start your life like I did. You Dad is doing you no favors and if he gets mad at you hes being a selfish parent.Human: I need the credit card I currently have, and as of now I have good credit. If I threaten to freeze my accounts or tell him to stop opening cards hell threaten to stop paying off my credit card. It isnt a big deal, but hes pretty much convincing me you help me Ill help you  <response>: Do what I did. Dont tell him. My Dad was oblivious to me when I started cutting him out. Everytime he asked me I would just shrug my shoulders and play dumb. He can blame all the companies and think its their fault, not yours. If you just keep it on the downlow hell just think your account got flagged or something.He might try to make you fix it though, and that will be a tough train to dodge. I ended up just leaving and moving states by hitchhiking not recommended btw. But it at least buys you some time. 