Ask Amy: Scammed by a hacker, revenge would be sweet
The FBI is the lead investigative agency for cyber-crimes, and victims are encouraged to file a report with the Internet Crime Complaints Center (IC3) at ic3.gov.”
Now that you know you’ve been had, yes — it is illegal to solicit a phone hacking. No, I don’t think there is much enforcement recourse for you.
The scammer might be working out of a café in Nigeria or Bogota. The scammer might be a 14-year-old named “Skippy,” or possibly your boyfriend, catfishing you.
You should consider this $300 as an investment toward your own future. You do not trust your boyfriend enough to stay with him. Your judgment is quite flawed when it comes to him. If you turned over any of your (or his) personal information to the scammer (phone number, bank information, etc.), you should take steps to correct this. (And if the scammer could hack your boyfriend, couldn’t he also hack you?) If the scammer turns up the pressure or threatens you in any way, you should definitely go to the police.
Dear Amy: My husband passed away two months ago, and I have slowly found out things he has told his family and friends about me and our marriage that are not true!
I am having such a hard time accepting that he is gone. Now that I realize he has told ugly lies about things that are so untrue — I can’t get any closure.
I feel such a sense of betrayal, and I just don’t understand his actions.
His family believes everything he has said, and I feel snubbed by many of our friends.
What do I do? Where do I go from here?
— Betrayed
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