I'm not writing this for answers however I'm all ways open to people's thoughts and criticism. Today is my birthday. Whatever importance that yields I'm still working on figuring out. In any sense I had chosen not to login to my facebook so not to see all the "happy birthdays" I didn't get and make myself even more miserable. However tonight when I woke up and made ready to head into work for the night shift, my fiance had told me that there was odd posts and messages coming from my facebook account. I tried to log in and see what was going on but couldn't. My log in information had been changed. Realizing right away that the account was probably hacked I tried to get into my email and failed to log in there as well. Seems that both my email and facebook was hacked and log in information was changed so that I could not get in. I eventualy gained access back by resetting my email first. The hacker had sent emails from my account to people asking for money through wire transfers because I was in trouble and lost in the UK. He left those emails in my sent box. Because I had access to my email again I was able to gain access to my facebook again. When I logged into my facebook there too were messages to friends and family asking for money and saying I was in trouble. The hacker even had a full out conversation with a friend of mine pleading for money. I changed my passwords for both accounts however I feel though that won't even matter at this point. My bank account seems ok I guess. Fortunatly for me 2 years back durring the recession, the company I was working for to provide for my family closed down and sent me out on the streets. My family and I lost everything we had from our family pet all the way up to our home. My credit from that is ruined and we have no money. I did find work out of state and we moved close to the job and rent a small place for now to try and rebuild. So as I said fortunately, if the hacker or hackers were looking for money they had come to the wrong guy. Unless they were in need of a pair of miss matched socks one with a hole in the toe then they are out of luck. .. am I forever safe though? What information can they get from me? What would they be looking for? Anyone have experience with this?
I'm not writing this for answers however I'm all ways open to people's thoughts and criticism. Today is my birthday. Whatever importance that yields I'm still working on figuring out. In any sense I had chosen not to login to my facebook so not to see all the "happy birthdays" I didn't get and make myself even more miserable. However tonight when I woke up and made ready to head into work for the night shift, my fiance had told me that there was odd posts and messages coming from my facebook account. I tried to log in and see what was going on but couldn't. My log in information had been changed. Realizing right away that the account was probably hacked I tried to get into my email and failed to log in there as well. Seems that both my email and facebook was hacked and log in information was changed so that I could not get in. I eventualy gained access back by resetting my email first. The hacker had sent emails from my account to people asking for money through wire transfers because I was in trouble and lost in the UK. He left those emails in my sent box. Because I had access to my email again I was able to gain access to my facebook again. When I logged into my facebook there too were messages to friends and family asking for money and saying I was in trouble. The hacker even had a full out conversation with a friend of mine pleading for money. I changed my passwords for both accounts however I feel though that won't even matter at this point. My bank account seems ok I guess. Fortunatly for me 2 years back durring the recession, the company I was working for to provide for my family closed down and sent me out on the streets. My family and I lost everything we had from our family pet all the way up to our home. My credit from that is ruined and we have no money. I did find work out of state and we moved close to the job and rent a small place for now to try and rebuild. So as I said fortunately, if the hacker or hackers were looking for money they had come to the wrong guy. Unless they were in need of a pair of miss matched socks one with a hole in the toe then they are out of luck. .. am I forever safe though? What information can they get from me? What would they be looking for? Anyone have experience with this?
Few things, depending if they accessed anything actually significant. If they just have a name an address, not too much to worry about. I would call my bank just to be cautious and have them monitor the account. Also obtain copies of your credit report, periodically for the next year or so. That's being overly cautious, I doubt you have any social, or credit card info on either of those sites?
Nope, none of that kind of information would be listed. I do wonder sometimes how far they can go with just a name, birthdate, and email address though. ... and thank you for some insight focus
I don't think you have much to worry about. Seems like a rookie job. Going through the trouble to e-mail a shitload of people for money and all. Unless that's an elaborate scheme that he's using so he can abduct you and do some experimenting on your brain. In that case, call Criminal Minds or Numb3rs HQ, and they can help you out.
Few things, depending if they accessed anything actually significant. If they just have a name an address, not too much to worry about. I would call my bank just to be cautious and have them monitor the account. Also obtain copies of your credit report, periodically for the next year or so. That's being overly cautious, I doubt you have any social, or credit card info on either of those sites?
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