Prevention • Intervention • Support • Education
Online Romance Scams are when scammers take advantage of a person through an online medium like social media or dating websites. Scammers create a false sense of trust by expressing strong emotions quickly with the intention of exploiting money, gifts, or personal details.
Know Your Rights:
If someone steals your identity, you have the right to:
- Create an Identity Theft Report
- Place a 90-day initial fraud alert on your credit report
- Place a seven-year extended fraud alert on your credit report
- Get free copies of your credit report
- Get fraudulent information removed (or blocked) from your credit report
- Dispute fraudulent or inaccurate information on your credit report
- Stop creditors and debt collectors from reporting fraudulent accounts
- Get copies of documents related to the identity theft
- Stop a debt collector from contacting you
For more information visit: IdentityTheft.gov
