“Suddenly you realize you have been scammed” Sorry to tell you but that the deal you booked was a scam. Ok, then what? The earlier you will start the sooner you will be able to defend yourself and save others as well. Getting back all your money that was stolen could be hard, but recovery there is more left than the mere loss regaining.

These six steps will teach you how to prevent further theft as well as how to report them and start the recovery process…

• Stop Pay Money

Leaving aside the evident ones though, some of these frauds with the high profits promise get the victims to send the fees one after the other to make their suspects about the frauds false. These crimes have been more common a phenomenon online in recent months. In most of the cases, Genuine brokers will charge fees and commissions from your account, and not asking for additional money to get your earnings or principal back to the account. US brokers will always keep off and not collect any money for the government.
Scammers fools the victims by claiming that the money will be recovered if the victims initially pay an up-front fee, gift, retainer or taxes. These scammers often pose as the agents of the government, attorneys, or recovery companies. Understand more of recovery fraud warning indicators.

• Don’t Disclose Your Security Measurement

As for your identity and account security, ensure you employ security measures such as two-factor authentication and strong passwords.
In case that you gave the payment information to the fraudsters, take the necessary steps to revoke their access and avoid the identity theft problems.

• Credit Cards- Make a fraud report to your card issuers if your card information is one of those used in the fraud transaction. This component may call on you to open a new account number They may also consider calling one of the three credit reporting companies and making a fraud alert request on their credit file. If you contact the credit bureau, it will thereafter notify the other credit reporting agencies of the fraud alert. A fraud alert requests creditors to validate your identity before extending the credit in your name. Fraud alerts impose no charge, and seldom last longer than a year or remain until you request the alerts’ cancellation. You can likewise ask for a free security freeze request. A security freeze prevents someone from viewing your credit file, therefore, it is difficult for identity thieves to open accounts with your name. You will have to contact every credit scoring company to accomplish this. A security freeze will not remain lifted unless you ask it.
  • Automated Clearing House Data Via Bank- In case the fraudster obtained the account number or the routing number, contact the bank or the credit union immediately. In this situation you might have to close your current account and reopen a new one.
  • Social Security Number– If, after jumping through the necessary security hurdles, you still are not satisfied, go with a fraud alert or a credit freeze and report your information stolen at gov website. Be wary of scams that state that your social security number is attached to back taxes. Check and verify claims from the IRS or creditors before paying any money that you have not yet accepted.
  • Log-Ins and Passwords.Make sure to update accounts that utilize such usernames or passwords into new log-ins as soon as there is a possibility of having accessed a fraudster’s website.
• Get The Pertinent Data and Document

Because the events are occurring right now in your memory, make an outline and gather documents and information at this stage which could be useful later on when time to report or investigate the fraud.

Indicate the chats with the fraudsters you have but with the respective dates and times the dates were made. Documents and information to collect and keep include:
• Names, titles or positions of the fraudsters.
• Profiles on social media, group postings, chats, and all the other interactions online.
• Websites’ names/links and screen shots.
• Emails (and email addresses).
• those contact phone numbers you used them for.
• Account information, statements, trade confirmations, disclosures, and solicitation materials.
• If the credit cards were used, attach the channels of receipts.
• The transaction of digital currencies, bitcoin for example.
• Information on the records of other formats that include cancelled checks or money receipts of wire transfers, money orders, or prepaid cards.
• Including the envelopes of anything received (email, letter,…) in the mail.

• Let’s Report the Fraud to Authorities

• Please tell us if you are of the belief that you were a victim of fraud that involved commodity futures, options on futures or swaps, commodity pools, binary options and forex, digital assets or other derivatives.
• In your case, you have already been through other types of fraud and you don’t know where to send your report, we can direct you to the Department of Justice, who has a directory. Moreover, Federal agencies keep in touch with one another so that if your complaint is not within the scope of a particular agency, a related agency would still have it forwarded to you.
• If the scam occurred in your own community, you would also be able to raise the same matter with the police and the Professional Attorney. You should also fill a police report if you want to file a claim with your insurer for losses incurred from the fraud.