Scammers are generally after one of two things; they either try to steal your money now, or they try to steal your identity now to steal money from you later (or to pretend to be you to steal from others).
For many scam victims, the loss of personally identifiable information (PII) is even worse than losing money, because it’s hard to recover.
If you are the victim of a scam, here are some steps you can take to try to protect your PII and your accounts, as well as mitigate the long-term impacts of the scam. (Read More)
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