<prompt> Human: So I just found out that brothers credit score is in the 300s due to my mother opening lines of credit for him as a 3,4,5 year old and never paying things back. He WILL NOT press charges. Whats the recourse? Where does he start? Hes trying to make something of his life now that hes out of her grasp, and I want to help.  <response>: As noted, he should freeze his credit, and dispute each of the items on his CR by supplying his birth certificate, which is proof positive that he could not have opened those accounts. Second, he can contact the social security administration and see if its possible to get a new SS due to fraudulent use of his current one. If hes able to do that, under no circumstances should he let your mom know the new number.Third, and this is the hardest part, he needs to learn to NEVER TRUST your mother for anything. if she was willing to do this to her little baby, a grown man has even less reason to believe that she wont screw him over for her own sake. 