In terms of apple ID, SS#, bank acct., CCs.
I did let a scammer into my computer. I’m worried now about what I don’t know yet. I deleted the appr of entry but I dont’ know what to expect. It was an amazon scam.
Do you need to call the SS admin?
In terms of apple ID, SS#, bank acct., CCs.
I did let a scammer into my computer. I’m worried now about what I don’t know yet. I deleted the appr of entry but I dont’ know what to expect. It was an amazon scam.
Do you need to call the SS admin?
Bank, credit reporting services, SSA. They’ll know what to do.
NOW.
Ok thanks
I’m going to google identity protection right now.
My phone is compromised too I think.
Look into antimalware software for both your phone and computer - there are some sneaky tools out there (rootkits, viruses, trojans) which may not be obvious on a regular virus scan. It’s a safe bet that your computer is still compromised even though you have deleted the app in question - do not use that computer for anything remotely sensitive. No banking, for sure.
Malwarebytes is well thought of (and there are versions for phones as well).
Some years back, my daughter went to some dodgy website or another and our computer picked up some kind of rootkit. It kept attempting to download rather obvious infected files and asking for permission to install them - fortunately she did not have admin rights on the computer. At that time, Malwarebytes had a forum where you could get specific help for your own problem - someone there actually had me run various scans and upload the results, then helped me rid the computer of what ailed it. It was free, though they made it possible to donate to the volunteer who helped you (which I did, gladly).
Change passwords everywhere, especially if you reuse passwords. Make sure you change your email passwords also - to keep scammers from being able to hack into other sites by doing password resets.
You will want to make sure you keep a very close eye on your various accounts for the next couple of years. Info stolen this month might be resold a year or more later. Watch your tax refunds - if a scammer got your social security number, you might go to file your taxes next year and find that “you” have already done it, and “you” have gotten a hefty refund. That can be a pain and a half to deal with - my in-laws still have fallout from that from last year (in their case, the scammer’s attempted direct deposit failed, and my inlaws got a huge check from the IRS). They never cashed that check - though it was a very near thing; we had to finally order my MIL to take the check away from FIL, write VOID on it, and tear it up.