A firm believer in silver linings, allow me share with you two positives that came from that situation.
First, it was very nice to know so many of my contacts look out for me. I received phone calls, texts, emails to my other account, and Facebook posts alerting me to the situation. That made me feel very good.
Second, this is a good opportunity to clean up my digital files, update passwords, synchronize social media, among other housekeeping items I tend not to not fuss with very often.
Take a tip from someone who knows: change your passwords!
Below is the email the hack was sending out. I hope no one sent money. I'm sure they'll let me know.
Amy, as one who messaged you on FB, I'm glad that you felt comforted by those contacts. It must feel like such a violation to have people using your info and identity to try to steal money from people, who are connected to you in one way or another. I'm glad you found a silver lining!
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Thanks Linda. There's always a silver lining! Might be hard to find sometimes, but it's there.
ReplyDeleteI Just changed some passwords. Thanks for your story!
ReplyDeleteCalla, glad to hear you changed some passwords. I think I'll go change a few others.
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