Okay. I fell for a scam ...need assistance.?

[Aaron]

I was on facebook. I saw a deal that was obviously to good to be true. It took me to another site. Asked me all my information. I entered my name, my email, my whole address, and my phone number. Then it asked me to give my credit card number and thats when the red flag went up. I got a phone call telling me I won some stuff and theyd send me stuff and she knew my address. She contiued on with more free stuff and then said i should donate how ever much. She said most people agree, but I said no and she said thats fine and went on to tell me she would put me through to someone else...then it disconnected. They have all of my information address, phone number, and name. They do not have my credit card information. Am I in any danger? What should I do?
Could they possibly steal my idententy or somehow get into my money? without knowing my credit card information?

[Calvin C]

well come to live spam hopefully you did not fall for the give us your cell phone number because you will soon have texts and calls all day from crooks. Nothing you can do but change your number and email

[delightfulhook683]

Thanks for posting up the information on that scammer. The only danger here is the increased spammy scammy emails, snail mails and phone calls.

Making a scammer's scam googlable on every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find is a great way to slow that scammer down when a suspicious potential victim goes looking for information, finds your post containing the name the scammer is using, his email address, phone number and the emails themselves and then that potential victim does not become a scam victim because you took the time "get the word out".

Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.

Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.

Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.

Wasting a scammer's time legally and safely is called "scambaiting". If you google that word, you will find sites where you can read scambaits, post up the emails and email addresses of scammers, post up a fake website, read up on how to alert a hosting company that they are hosting a fake website, ask questions and learn all about the hobby of scambaiting.

[Maz]

try call barring on withheld or unknown numbers. just call your phone-line company (e.g.BT, virgin etc). they wont be able to call you. unfortunately im unsure about the address bit. if you move house; that's good news lol.
don't worry i have today survived a scam. i payed via paypal during the weekend to a guy from gumtree saying he will send me the item... (too good to be true) it was an iphone 4s for £190 and that scammer was accepting £150 from me for some reason. because i am new also; i fell for it and paid through paypal (new account). i couldn't file a dispute after finding out it was a scammer because my account is currently limited so i emailed the help team and let my bank know about the possibility (they probably wouldnt have done much though). THANK GOD i got an email saying the payment has been reversed (i.e. im getting my money back). at least you didnt give your details and do full research before purchasing anything on the internet... them scammers are there all the time waiting 4 people like myself. oh well lesson learnt.. and survived lol.

[Jes]

No you are not indanger because you only put your NAME,ADDRESS,PHONE NUMBER ETC.
THE only danger is if you put your CREDIT CARD,SSN,BANK ACCOUNTS ETC..