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Hello everyone,
I'm a new member here and decided to open an account after seeing all of the helpful advice and support that you have been able to give to people with issues that I believe to be similar to myself. I'm in my 20s and have never encountered anything of this nature before, so I am really desperate for some advice on my situation if possible.
I would like to start by saying that I am absolutely aware of how foolish and naive I have been to be tricked into this scam, and I know that this entire problem is the result of my naivety. I am just looking for any possible advice on how to proceed now that this has happened.
So, basically a large influencer (over 1.5 million Youtube subscribers) posted on Snapchat that he wanted to help make his followers some money during this tough time that we're all going through currently. I added the page that he recommended, and was told to create a Dozens (an e-money institution that I had never heard of). I created the account and was then told to send over my login details so that he could check if my account was eligible. So foolishly I did. This was a few weeks ago, and as I've been busy with work and suffering badly due to my anxiety disorder due to the current situation in the world, I didn't research into how dangerous giving details like these away can be, I just thought that since somebody famous had advertised it, it would be safe.
I then received an email from Dozens to say that my account had been suspended, so I logged into the account and noticed that there had been multiple transactions to different accounts that I had never heard of. Dozens has a feature which allows you to see where these transactions were sent, and it showed me that they were all sent from London, which proves they were not me because I live in the North of England. I'm worried that these transactions may lead to me receiving a CIFAS marker because if Dozens decide to close my account due to this, I suspect I will receive one based upon what I have now read online.
I am looking for advice on how to proceed now that my account has been suspended, the email said that these suspensions can last for around 2 weeks before I hear anything about why they decided to suspend me account, but I suspect that the transactions that this guy did on my account are fraudulent.
Should I file a report with Action Fraud to try and get ahead of this early? Or wait for Dozens to follow up their suspension email?
I absolutely did not make these transactions, and I never received any payment or touched/spent any money myself.
I know I was stupid to give away my details, but I'm just looking for advice on how to best proceed from here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Ben
I'm a new member here and decided to open an account after seeing all of the helpful advice and support that you have been able to give to people with issues that I believe to be similar to myself. I'm in my 20s and have never encountered anything of this nature before, so I am really desperate for some advice on my situation if possible.
I would like to start by saying that I am absolutely aware of how foolish and naive I have been to be tricked into this scam, and I know that this entire problem is the result of my naivety. I am just looking for any possible advice on how to proceed now that this has happened.
So, basically a large influencer (over 1.5 million Youtube subscribers) posted on Snapchat that he wanted to help make his followers some money during this tough time that we're all going through currently. I added the page that he recommended, and was told to create a Dozens (an e-money institution that I had never heard of). I created the account and was then told to send over my login details so that he could check if my account was eligible. So foolishly I did. This was a few weeks ago, and as I've been busy with work and suffering badly due to my anxiety disorder due to the current situation in the world, I didn't research into how dangerous giving details like these away can be, I just thought that since somebody famous had advertised it, it would be safe.
I then received an email from Dozens to say that my account had been suspended, so I logged into the account and noticed that there had been multiple transactions to different accounts that I had never heard of. Dozens has a feature which allows you to see where these transactions were sent, and it showed me that they were all sent from London, which proves they were not me because I live in the North of England. I'm worried that these transactions may lead to me receiving a CIFAS marker because if Dozens decide to close my account due to this, I suspect I will receive one based upon what I have now read online.
I am looking for advice on how to proceed now that my account has been suspended, the email said that these suspensions can last for around 2 weeks before I hear anything about why they decided to suspend me account, but I suspect that the transactions that this guy did on my account are fraudulent.
Should I file a report with Action Fraud to try and get ahead of this early? Or wait for Dozens to follow up their suspension email?
I absolutely did not make these transactions, and I never received any payment or touched/spent any money myself.
I know I was stupid to give away my details, but I'm just looking for advice on how to best proceed from here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Ben
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