hello I really need some help, I did something really dumb that I clicked on a link sent by a scammer, he hacked into my accountant's gmail and sent a message to my gmail to instruct us to use the google docs to view an important document, so I did click on the link and and logged in to the fake google document screen, I changed my password to my gmail account as soon as I realize it was a scam, but I did log in for 4- 5 hours before I changed my password. I do have SSN and other personal info in my account and in my account's gmail account which were both hacked, I was told to call the IRS and credit bureau to give them a possible future fraud alert, however, I do not know which credit bureau are the valid ones to contact as some of them are scams too. anyone has an experience in this area and what did you do if someone has stolen your SSN? IRS told me to fill out a form 14039 for a Identity Theft Affidavit to put together with my tax file, but I worry this will have side effect such as if I"m the one who files tax, there might be challenges to file tax myself due to the fraud alert being put into my SSN account. please help... thank you for your time.
by the way, here's how the fake google document login page looks like at this below link:
'Confidential Document' Google Docs Phishing Scam
should I also file a police report to prove that I am aware that my SSN info is stolen before the criminal uses my SSN to do something bad?
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