HELP!! Identity theft in Canada as an international student? I don't know what to do???
Hello everyone,
I did something incredibly stupid. I'm an international student here for 4 years (it is barely my second week here and I already fucked up) and I was looking for jobs and received an email through my university mail account yesterday with a job offer. I was not really paying attention and thought it seemed pretty real as it came directly through my university mail. I responded to the offer through a google forms with literally all of my personal details including my adress, SSN, full name, date of birth, email, phone number and student ID.
Only after I received a follow up text message from the supposed employer saying to check my personal email for the "job description" did I look closer at both the original email sent to my school account and my personal email and saw that it was definitely a scam (incorrect phrases and grammar, too good to be true, no indication of what company I would be working for, etc.).
I am pretty scared and I don't know what to do, I have always been super careful and I feel really dumb for handing out important information just like that.
Please if anyone knows what are some good next steps in order to protect myself and make sure that I can minimize the damage, that would be great.
I was particularly wondering what can be done with that information in Canada? can they open bank accounts in my name or take out loans? Is there anything else I should worry about?
Any advice is deeply appreciated
Thank you so much!!!
TLDR:
I gave sensitive information including my SSN to scammers, what can I do to fix it? I am an international student in canada.