Yesterday someone got into my steam account and stole my full address, my full name and an old phone number that is out of service. I am 17 and living in Canada and I was wondering what can happen to me?? Should I be very worried? I also lost around 300$ of items but I'm not worried about that.   The scammer also has my postal address so does that affect anything?
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Updated question because old one was embarassing: I saw a spam email from "PayPal" and I didn't realize that it was a phishing attempt. I gave the phishing site my name, telephone number, and email. What could he do with them?  Old question: Well, I saw a spam email, but I didn't realize that it's really a scam at first. I gave him my telephone number, address, and name. What would he do with them? Could he ruin ALL of my reputation with it?
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I notice that I lost a hat, before I had 18 hats:  but now I can just see 17 hats.  I notice this because I open multiple tabs in my navigator. My question: Can we lose our hats after we get them, or is this a bug?
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Sorry about the clumsy question.  My Android HTC Magic was lost/stolen last night. I had an unlock swipe code, power-on SIM code and have called the phone company and had it blocked, so not too concerned about the phone itself being used by someone else.  What I am thinking about is when I get a new phone, what data/info can I get back easily as I can't just copy it from the old phone now? Obviously GMail/Contacts/Calendar are all stored on the web, any purchased apps are linked to my Market login, and I'm not concerned about photos, music etc that were on the SD card.  What I'm more concerned about are my preferences, settings, SMS texts, list of installed apps, prefs, data from those apps, etc. Are those all gone?  Addendum: I was thinking of rooting the phone, so did take a standard Nandroid backup a week ago that I have a copy of on my PC, if I get an identical model of phone and restore that, will my data come back? Also what happens if I try to restore that onto a different model of phone (I'm assuming bad things would happen)?
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On thanksgiving day a woman posted in a facebook group that her father had just passed away (left her money) and in good deed because it was thanksgiving she was offering to pay people’s debts. Well I inboxed her and she pretty much wants me to open up a bank account with First Tech Credit Union and give her my log in and password info. Ofcourse its sketchy!   So I questioned her and asked why she wanted that instead of her sending me the money directly from her bank to mine. She then responded because she wants to keep records of my debts. (She asked for proof and I sent her screenshots ONLY of my outstanding balances) I heard about the depositing checks scam so I questioned her about how she would deposit the funds and she said cash.  Her facebook page is 100% legit, I screenshotted her pics and family profiles etc. We came to an agreement that I would only accept her help if she sends me a picture of her ID before me sending this info.   She literally just wants to deposit the money to me, She isn’t asking me to send nobody money from that account or anything. Of course the account will be empty when I provide it to her. When she does deposit the money I am planning to immediately change the password and obviously stay watching my account activity while she deposits the funds.   She actually also provided pics of other accounts she funded. My question is, is this a scam? And if so how could she possibly scam me? Specially if i have her information and A pic of her ID. She is a christian lady and looks like she has a good heart, We talked about my struggles and she actually looked into why I needed to be assisted with the money. By no means was she pushy or anything. I want to believe that she just wants to help me but I am also too skeptical.
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A friend of mine trades Bitcoin and often asks me to pick up money for her, i.e., someone sends money to me (on my name) and I just pick it up and give it to my friend. The amounts are usually around $500.   Is this legal? Can I get into trouble doing this?   I have no idea who the senders are. Thank you.
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I fell on hard times and for the first time I attempted to get a sugar daddy. He asked for my bank account login info and reluctantly I gave it to him even though I knew I shouldn't have. Short story, I figured out he's fake and called him out on it after he made a couple of mobile deposits. Every time he made a mobile deposit he would go in there and take a third of the money he deposited. I also noticed he somehow used an old check I deposited and changed it and used it again. I got him to admit he wasn't who he claimed to be and I changed my login info. He claimed he could still see how much money was in my account and sent me a screenshot of how much money was in the account with the amount and &quot;Chase checking&quot; before it. That was the only information in the screenshot. He also threatened to get me in trouble with the law if I didn't send him more money. I changed my login info again just in case but I could really use some advice on what should I do next.
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One of my friends just got hacked on her PC and her Yahoo account password was stolen. Now the hacker use her account under her name for bad reason. He may have change alternative email, security question, etc.  What can we do about that? We need her account back. Is it possible?   ps. I tried to google search for Yahoo contact information but I'm not sure where to knock Yahoo door.
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I met a guy on a sugar daddy dating site and we talked, I told him my situation and he said he would help.   He asked for my bank account information and I told him you can use cash app or PayPal to go through. He said his account manager deals with his finances. So I set up an account with a bank that I don’t use so that my primary account isn’t used.  Eventually he was in the process of sending me money and we had agreed on a amount that wasn't crazy. But then he asked for my address and I asked why and he said just wondering. Then said he wanted to send me a surprise for being his baby. Which I didn’t give.  Then later on he sent the money and said he sent me a bonus and that I was supposed to use that to pay his mothers caregiver, which he didn’t mention until after.  I kept questioning him and he was saying that he works in construction and he’s trusting me to carry out the errand. Then he said don’t let him down and I asked him if he was threatening me and he kept saying I need this done but didn’t really answer my question.  Am I being scammed? I’m about to change my password but is this a scam?
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I wanted to create an account for Ubuntu One, but I got impatient when the email with the verification code didn't arrive... I thought I might have typed the wrong address, closed the window and tried again. it told me the address already existed and I just got the code. But since I closed the window I missed it. Is there any way to recover the code?
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Someone in another state asked me to be his personal assistant.  From the start I was suspicious.  He said he was doing a lot of projects in my state and needed my help.  Then he said he needed to transfer some money to my account (via mobile), but in order to do so he requires my full name, account number, username, and password.  I've never heard of this.  Please advise, as this sounds really weird and risky!
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I got involved with an online person and we exchanged numbers and he told me he would pay me $500 a week allowance to hang out when our schedules permit and to message him. Looking over it, I should have known it was a scam but was a bit desperate so got involved.  He sent me a cashiers check which I deposited and, because I got worried, I called my bank and they put a hold on my account because they agreed with me that the check was probably fake. Now I have a sugar daddy scammer threatening me with FBI saying I'm a fraud, and saying he has my address which I did not give him, can he legally do anything? He also wanted me to forward 1500 dollars of the 2000 dollar check through zelle.    Awesome thank you so much! I wasn't sure if he could technically take legal action since I technically didn't follow through and hang out with him, this eased my mind!:)
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In an answer on Meta Stack Overflow, Brad Larson ♦ ,  In the vast majority of cases where the 100-point penalty is applied and a moderator notices, the account is also destroyed.... The few outlier cases tend to be when you have an otherwise good account that all of a sudden posts something bizarre. Sometimes it's a compromised account, sometimes people leave themselves logged in at a shared computer, etc.  In the cases where a contributing user does get hacked, and the hacker starts making red-flaggable posts (e.g. Spam, nonsense, or personal attacks), is there a procedure for separating out the penalties due to the hacker and negligence penalties applicable to the original account owner once the owner regains control? That is, if someone hacks my account and spams with it, am I &quot;stuck&quot; with the applicable black marks against my account (-100 rep penalty for each post, suspensions, question bans, etc.), or is it normal or expected for such posts to be disassociated or at least have applicable penalties reversed? For example,  I have disassociated the three Spam posts that the hacker made with your account, which will refund the 300 rep you lost as a result and lift your question ban. Unfortunately, it seems that you are not entirely innocent because you left your account logged in at a public library where the spammer found and took advantage of it, so I am Suspending you for a week so you can spend some time thinking about best practices in information security. Come back in a week to continue contributing.  At first I thought that it would be normal, natural, and just for all penalties to be reversed against the hacking victim upon submission of proof of victimhood, but then I remembered that I have dealt with some organizations other than Stack Exchange that have had Terms of Service clauses that more or less said &quot;You agree to keep your login credentials secure and will be held solely responsible for any actions taken using your account&quot;, but I haven't been able to find such as clause for .
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This raises a bunch of red flags (also confirmed by googling the email address it came from), but I don't quite understand how this scam is actually supposed to work. So, here it goes:   I put up an ad (for a guitar, 90€) on LeBonCoin (the French equivalent of Craigslist). Someone contacts me by text message (anonymous with no actual phone number), saying they want to continue by email. I then get an email, with roughly the following content (rough translation):     OK, I will buy it, but I need to send you cash by "express DHL letter". The DHL driver will pick up the item when he gives you the cash. I need the following information: full name, postal address, price of the item, and your phone number.    I'm guessing that this works by them requesting some "delivery fee" in advance, but does anyone know how this actually works?
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I received the below email. Is is a scam or not a scam?     Attention: Mohamed Atef,      May the peace of the Lord be with you.      Yes He left an ATM/VISA CARD with me before he traveled out of the   country, He ask me to send it to you, but do not know how to convert a   card to money when he did not give me the pin code due to security   reasons. He said that as soon as you confirm that you have received   the ATM CARD that his bank will give me the code so that I will send   it to you for onward withdrawal of your money.      I will need your full name, address and telephone number, to enable me   gives it to courier Service Company so that they will deliver it to   you.      I will be waiting for you to send to me your full address.      God bless, Rev. James Koko
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A long time ago, I made a game center account to which I attached my CoC village. This account hasn't been used anymore, and I have forgotten the ID and the password.  Now I want to transfer that game to my new phone which has a new game center ID, but need a transfer code from the old account to do so. Is there a way to recover my old game center account details?
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I have purchased a game on Steam and can not find out the details of the file or purchase. How does one find their CD Key from a game purchased in Steam?
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I need to know what the original account was for my Clash of Clans is so I may transfer to another device. Any suggestions? I have tried multiple times trying to find through my emails with no luck. Can Game Center email a list of my CoC account?