The past several weeks I’ve been sharing all the steps I’ve taken after my computer was hacked and my personal data stolen.

This post will be short!

1. My banker recommended disabling online banking. Period. For good.

She said that, in her experience, most of her customers who are hacked, are hit because of online banking. Crooks are savvy and can easily figure out how to access online accounts!

2. Check your banking and savings accounts regularly. Look for strange transfers of money. Scammers often start by transferring small amounts, as little as one cent. If that goes through, they will then steal all your money. If that happens, I’ve been told it’s nearly impossible to get your money back.

3. Tell all your friends what’s happened to you. Your experience might protect them from having the same thing happen to them.

4. My last (hopefully last) tip is to keep records.

Create a file in which you keep copies of the ways hackers affected you, from photos of your frozen computer screen, to all the places you filed fraud complaints.

Good luck!