This could happen to any of us. When I moved to this area, there was a woman with my exact same name who was a professional bad-check writer.
I received a LOT of unnerving, threatening phone calls from bill collectors, thinking I was her!
Luckily, that’s as far as it went, and I filed something with the state to protect me.
Then, I married and changed my name. Problem solved. Well, in all honesty, that resulted in a whole ‘NOTHER set of problems, LOL! *SMIRK*