phishing scams Question And Answer
Are there work from home scams where they are really phishing for your social security #?
I'm just wondering - if I gave my social to some work from home company - what could they do just having that and my name? Are there very well set up scams out there just phishing for personal information? What does a person do if they make a mistake other than call the BBB? There's already a caution out on my social - so they probably can't do anything anyway right?
I gave my address name and social and I'm just wondering - what do I do if I made a mistake. I found out that there is a listing with an F rating in Corona for this company - meaning that they are conducting fraudlent business practices or expecting people to work and then terminating them after 4 hrs and not paying. If that's all if is - then I'm not too concerned but if they can steal my identify - I need to know what to do about that scenario.
Answers
Most are scams, but usually looking to fleece you of money, not for ID theft.
With name and SS#, they could potentially start some ID theft. Is that all you gave? No birthday or address?
The only reason they would ask for it is so they can send you tax information at the end of the year. But if you didn't get all the details about the company up front, you probably shouldn't have given them your number. Be careful. A lot of those companies are out to scam you. From experience. Jennifer
Dont give any info online or over the phone
"SCAM ALERT"
most are just after the low sucker dollar amount and just operate within the law to stay legal!!!
