PLEASE HELP I FELL VICTIM OF A SKIMS SCAM
I think I may have fallen for a fake influencer/brand partnership scam and I’m honestly freaking out.
Please don’t judge me. I’m a content creator and was contacted about what appeared to be a legitimate collaboration/onboarding process. They created a portal for me, sent package tracking links, and everything initially looked professional enough that I believed it.
Here’s where things started getting weird:
- They asked me to send $40 upfront to “start”
- They requested verification documents
- I sent a utility bill and my driver’s license
- The portal they created for me suddenly stopped working
- The package tracking website stopped working too
- When I tried emailing them again, the email bounced back saying the domain could not be found
That’s when I realized something was seriously wrong.
I have already:
- stopped all communication
- enabled 2FA
- gathered screenshots/evidence
But I’m terrified because they now have:
- my name
- address
- driver’s license
I did NOT give:
- SSN
- bank login
- passport
- debit card PIN
- verification codes
Has anyone gone through something similar? What else should I do immediately to protect myself from identity theft? Is freezing my credit enough for now?
Please be kind. I already feel extremely embarrassed and sick over this. I am a content creator and the website at the time looked extremely legitimate. The email address as well. It wasn’t gmail it was a skims partner email.