I looked in on my husband through our camera (I was at work) and noticed he was on the phone (he never uses the phone). I turned on the speaker just in time to hear him giving his entire SSN. I started screaming into the microphone for him to stop and hang up the phone. This went on for around 5 min until my friend happened to get home from work and heard me screaming through the intercom. She went in and took the phone from him and told the person she was not to send him anything and to never call again. She hung up on the lady, and not five seconds later the lady called back. At this point in his ALZ he only knows his name, DOB, and SSN. I’m so worried that he gave all of that information to a scammer. What can I do?
For my mom, once the scum scammers discovered Mom was an easy target, I found out they were calling her every ten minutes! I ended up immediately changing her phone number that she'd had for 40 years and making it unlisted.
Also, does he have access to his or your credit cards and both of your monetary accounts? You may want to consider changing those card numbers and making them inaccessible to him. For the monetary accounts, Mom had found a way to travel to the bank (this was when we discovered she required round-the-clock care) was in the process of withdrawing money to send the scum scammers. A bank teller, who knew Mom, stopped her and informed her they were scammers.
In addition to all the other good advise above, you can sign you both up for Credit Karma. It's free and you can check both your credit reports. Every month, I pulled up Mom's account and studied for anything untoward--and mine.
It costs me $15/month for my whole family and it covers ALL types of losses related to identity theft.
1-800-397-3742
www.experian.com
Equifax:
1-800-685-1111
www.equifax.com
TransUnion:
1-800-888-4213
www.transunion.com