Aug 19, 2011
Yesterday I was attempting to go to allrecipes.com to find a recipe. I typed it in wrong putting allreceipes.com (adding an e by mistake). It is actually a company named "freehomeupgrades.com" So then I get a free offer pop up for a $1000 walmart gift card, an ipad and one more thing. Like a fool, I gave my name, address, and cell phone number. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MADE ME DO IT : ( It also took me to facebook and wanted me to type in "I love walmart". So my gmail account started being bombarded with weird email offers for car insurance, scholarships, free money etc. I was very upset with myself. The next time I logged into my gmail account, it blinked across the top of the screen telling me that suspicious activity has been going on in my account and ask me to change my password. I changed it and started to go into the emails clicking unsubscribe on each one then putting them in spam with hopes that gmail would filter them out. Well the next time I logged in it told me that my account had been disabled by gmail due to suspicious activity. At this point I was really mad. I decided not to sweat the gmail account and just let it stay disabled since it wasn't my "important" primary account. Today I started to get the calls from these number 952-378-9041 and 612-252-8513. When I answer, there isn't a sound at all. When I call back it says "good bye". Immediately I kicked into protection mode and went to my bank and purchased identity theft protection and now I am debating on freezing my credit. When I googled the number, I found others having the same problem. For now, I am going to keep a close eye on my credit report and purchase more protection. I am pissed!