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Feb26

Help I Was Scammed!

Me Too!

Its not that hard to be taken in by the promise of a good and well paid job – I mean that’s part of the American Dream right??

Here is what you should do:

Save all messages and site addresses.

Submit all information to https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov – this will report the scam and the spam all in one nice location.

Check your computer to see if the scammer has infected it – remember you DO NOT need to have installed a program to become infected. Read this page for full information on the threat facing you and the solution: http://www.besafeonthe.net/help-i-think-my-computer-is-infected-by-scammers-viruses DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR CURRENT ANTIVIRUS WOULD HAVE DETECTED A THREAT.

Fix any indicated problems

If you provided the scammer with ANY personal information – I strongly suggest you read the following page, as failing to do so, could quite literally open your bank account: http://www.besafeonthe.net/help-i-think-my-identity-may-have-been-stolen

You should also get one of your free credit reports – these are available directly from the government – PLEASE DONT BE SCAMMED BY NON OFFICIAL SITES AND SERVICES. You can request three credit reports a year 100% for free and without entering any billing information from http://www.annualcreditreport.com this is the official FTC approved site.

Good luck – I can only hope that an inept scammer contacted you, as the proficient ones, like the one that got me, can take everything.