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My Information Was Hacked

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in General Discussion
I got a letter yesterday saying my name, social security number and financial account information was obtained by a phishing attack.

They offered me 12 months of credit monitoring free at mytrueidenty.

What would the best thing for me to do?
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Find a way to verify that the letter is not a scam itself.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • mag00mag00 Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dav1965
    I got a letter yesterday saying my name, social security number and financial account information was obtained by a phishing attack.

    They offered me 12 months of credit monitoring free at mytrueidenty.

    What would the best thing for me to do?




    Did they provide your own personal info to you or are they just saying that they have it?
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    contact your finacial institue and ask them if it is a scam or not, local banks/credit unions have seen it all
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Funny I think I got a call from them just a bit ago.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I received an email from someone who said he was in China and that he had used the camera on my computer to record me whacking off to a porn site.

    A few things wrong with the scenario:


    I don't watch porn.

    I don't whack off to porn.

    I don't have cameras on any of my computers.

    I deleted the email.

    If he had stated that he had my name, SS number and information regarding my accounts, I would have treated the email the same way.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus

    I don't whack off to porn.




    Well, that's some info we could have done without.
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    phish?ing
    The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

    Appears you HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN a victim of phishing, but answer that letter and YOU MIGHT become a victim. [:D]
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SCAM
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus



    I don't watch porn.

    I don't whack off to porn.





    That's what all you perverts say...
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You haven't been hacked... YET... But if you answer the letter, you will be
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  • Heavy ChevyHeavy Chevy Member Posts: 736 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    DELETE
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Being a letter and not e-mail I would check it out before discounting it,,when equifax was hacked I was one of the 150 million that my data was stolen,,within a month both my credit cards had been breached and a loan taken out in my name in New Mexico,,Equifax fixed it all for me at no charge and I now have a credit block on my name with a pin number to use if needed
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The US Postal Service might be interested in that letter. (mail fraud)
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