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Nenanah

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:43 pm


Some jackwagon decided to use my information.
the person is using my number to send out spam in texts and other things.
thing is none of the texts are showing in my outbox and I'm getting angry phone calls from all over the US telling me to quit texting them.
Thing it I'm not texting them, someone else is cause there is a worm virus on my cell phone.

My data limit is exceeded by a ton too...

I'm scared, what if they got my SSN or other important numbers...
I used my phone for amazon once...

And I also have pictures of my baby on there too, what if the guy texting people got my kids pics and he is a ***** or something.

Please pray that AT&T can fix the issue tomorrow, I'm going to the store and please pray that not too much damage was done...
I'm already in the hole with debt.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:11 pm


Oh my gosh, that's awful! D:

I'll definitely pray for you. Did everything go okay at AT&T? Did they do anything or tell you what could help?

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Nenanah

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:34 am


Jewelies
Oh my gosh, that's awful! D:

I'll definitely pray for you. Did everything go okay at AT&T? Did they do anything or tell you what could help?

I got the problem fixed I think, what happened was that I downloaded an app called Whisper, and it was messing with my texts. They took it off and did a hard reset if the problem persists they said that I would have to take my phone to the Apple store for the technicians to work on.
And somehow the person sending the bogus texts through my phone got my bank info, I was overdrawn by ten dollars. The bank fixed it though and I didn't have any penalties or anything. So it's working out, it was definitely a scary situation though.
PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:23 pm


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Jewelies
Oh my gosh, that's awful! D:

I'll definitely pray for you. Did everything go okay at AT&T? Did they do anything or tell you what could help?

I got the problem fixed I think, what happened was that I downloaded an app called Whisper, and it was messing with my texts. They took it off and did a hard reset if the problem persists they said that I would have to take my phone to the Apple store for the technicians to work on.
And somehow the person sending the bogus texts through my phone got my bank info, I was overdrawn by ten dollars. The bank fixed it though and I didn't have any penalties or anything. So it's working out, it was definitely a scary situation though.
Good to know, I'll certainly be avoiding that app. Usually I try and google any apps before I download them to make sure they're safe if they aren't from a company I'm familiar with. Some apps don't have a lot of information on them, though, which makes it a lot harder. In that case I usually read other people's comments on it, but that's not always accurate because a lot of viruses will use fake accounts to give their app a better rating. : /

I'm so glad that the bank fixed everything, and that AT&T was able to help! :3 I hope you don't have anymore problems with whoever stole your number and bank information, I'll be praying that everything stays well. :3

I bet, that sounds really scary. D: I'd probably totally and completely freak out if something like that happened to me. Smartphones hold a lot more information about us than people realize, so it's a pretty scary thing when something like that happens.

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