<prompt> Human: Im 17 and recently got in touch with my father again. He has been in and out of prison for the past 15 years and and about 4 years ago was in a car crash. He was in a wheel chair for about a year and I think he still has back problems. Right now he is trying to get his life on track again and has moved a couple states away. We chat every other week and he said that his lawyer told him about a way that I could get a check every month because he was disabled. He told me he just needs my SSN and that I would start get checks in about 9-12 months. I havent given him my SSN and he said I should probably give it to him in about 1-2 weeks. He has the same name as me and it makes me believe that he could just use my SSN as his own. I dont know if I should trust him because I have just started talking to him the past two months; before that I saw him a couple of times throughout my life and he has lied to me before but about smaller things. He was in prison a lot and I dont really trust him. What should I do?Edit: He has tried to support me financially in other ways; like he said he would buy me my first car like he did with his other childmy half-sibling and he asks me if I am in need money. I have declined all of his offers because my mother, that I currently live with, has already gotten me a car and I have a job so Im not completely broke. But a couple hundred a month would certainly help me save money for college.  <response>: yes. hes attempting identity theft. dont do it. 