I Fell for a Car Scam and Sent My Info

A reddit report about a phishing scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

Okay to cut to the chase, I literally fell for this car scam and emailed the lady who was supposedly selling her car my full name, my full address, and my phone number and I'm freaking out😞 This is the first real scam I ever fell for and I'm scared they'll get into my bank account or do something else like mail fraud or whatever. I don't know what to do but I froze my debit card. I'm a new adult and opened my first bank account literally a few weeks ago. I am scared to death. Is this something I should be super worried about? or am I overreacting? I know it was too good to be true and should've checked cause after I sent my info, I saw a reddit post of this car scam😞😞

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