CantSpellPoker
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Got a text at approx. 6 AM this morning that my AirBNB reservation in China was confirmed. I went on my AirBNB account, and saw that my credit card was in fact used to book a place in China for approx. $1,500.00. In the hour since, I've received approx. 200 emails and 50 texts, almost all of them related to subscriptions. A quick Google search showed that this is a new method of scamming/phishing where hackers flood your inbox with so much stuff in hopes of you missing the legitimate transactions.
I've locked the credit card that was used in the fraudulent charge, as well as my other 2 credit cards that I have with the same bank (Chase).
The emails seem to have leveled off in the past 10 minutes. That's also somewhat consistent with what I saw on my Google search. You get bombarded for a short time and then the scammers move on.
Is there anything else I should be doing immediately? I also changed my Facebook and GMail password, but I'm unsure if that's even related. Before I go changing my entire life (online passwords, canceling all my credit cards, etc.), I was wondering if anyone here had any advice or had been through this before.
I've locked the credit card that was used in the fraudulent charge, as well as my other 2 credit cards that I have with the same bank (Chase).
The emails seem to have leveled off in the past 10 minutes. That's also somewhat consistent with what I saw on my Google search. You get bombarded for a short time and then the scammers move on.
Is there anything else I should be doing immediately? I also changed my Facebook and GMail password, but I'm unsure if that's even related. Before I go changing my entire life (online passwords, canceling all my credit cards, etc.), I was wondering if anyone here had any advice or had been through this before.