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    Scammed while barely 18 years old

    I have never been scammed in my life. I always thought that they were crazy advertisers. About on June 16, 2008, I received an email about woman who is offering me to hold an oil campany's money for them I will get a peace of it ever time i wanted to. This was the larisa scam. When I saw that passport she gave me, I thought that she was telling the truth when she sent me her passport. So I gave her mine because I thought it was a like a "I showed you me, now show me yours" thing. So I eventually sent her my state ID. When I got suspectious of her agressively asking for money to open the account. I started researching and this is where I found this web site. When I saw this picture, I couldn't believe it. So I told her some negative things and marked her messages as scams. Today on July 8, 2008 I am in serious trouble. I feel that after hearing answers on what they would do with my address. I did not put my self in danger but my family. I live with my family for cris sake and I have put them in danger. I mean my ID had my real address on it. I have already filed a police report and Department of Motor Vehicles ain't doing shit to help me change my ID. This is permanent and will never go away. I will remain in cyber space until the day I die. This is reason why I would consider scam artists the HIV of the financial world. Please do not make the same mistake I did. Born on May 27, 1990 and 18 years and 2 months later, my identity crises begins. Wow, you know I am a very young person and barely an adult. What are the odds?

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    The first thing to do is go to the Fraud Aid website and start working through the ID theft checklist. http://www.fraudaid.com/index.htm.

    You may also want to contact your country's passport issuing agency and tell them the problem. They might cancel your current passport and then issue you a new one. The same thing on the state I.D.
    Silence is the scammer's best friend; knowledge is the scammer's worst enemy. 沈黙は詐欺師のよき友達、知識は詐欺師の天敵。Think globally, act globally.

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    Armando, it's best to take the precautions Miyuki mentioned. Scammers will make all kinds of threats when they think there is money to be had, but the chance of them ever actually visiting you is very remote. They won't expose themselves unless there is a LOT of money involved. If you ignore them, that will never be the case.

    Welcome, BTW

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