Showing posts with label Report Fraud and Scams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Report Fraud and Scams. Show all posts

Monday, August 5, 2024

Sophisticated Cybercrime Is Growing. Protect Yourself! with Bob Sullivan

You stated Attorney General, where else can you go?  The Internet Crime Complaint Center, IC3.gov, that the FBI operates.  If you do one thing, file the complaint there, because then those complaints go into a big database that every law enforcement agency in America can access.  And you can get a printed copy of that report, which might be important later if you need to show a police report to your insurance or whatnot.  So that's the way to get paperwork done.  The other thing is that when this crime happens to you, you feel terrible.  You want to scream and yell and whatever, and that's not going to work.  But this gives you some homework.  It gives you something to at least get some closure.  You've done what you can do.  So I think it's really, really important to file these reports.  

If I could give just one other really great resource AARP has, you do not have to be a member to take advantage of this resource, and to tell the truth it's the only place I know where you can call and get help all the time.  Most of the time when you call a government agency, your Attorney General, or whatnot, it's different than someone is going to get on the phone and talk with you. You may have to fill out a report or whatnot.  But AARP has a toll-free number that you can call during all regular business hours and they have trained who are half financial advisors, half therapists, who you think is in the middle of a crime, or someone you love is in the middle of a crime, and you don't know what to do, and you can call the number and they'll help tell you what to do.  877-908-3360.  It's free.  You don't have to be a member.  You don't have to be old.