by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As more people, particularly readers of this website/blog become aware of the dangers of phishing, where you get an email purportedly from a legitimate organization that sends you by link to a phony website all the while downloading malware on your computer when you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 19, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Email hacking is a scam that is always current and very common. You find out your email is hacked when people start receiving emails from your email address that you have not sent. These emails may be nothing more than nuisance spam, but they also can be dangerous...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This week the Federal Trade Commission obtained an order in Federal Court closing Consumer Advocates Group Experts, LLC and others from scamming homeowners having difficulties with their mortgage. Companies like this guarantee that they can get mortgage modifications...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A study presented recently at the annual meeting of the British Psychological Society concluded that people with strong romantic beliefs who form idealistic images of their romantic partners are most likely to become a victim of an online dating scam. This is no...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On March 31st I originally told you about the massive data breach at Global Payment, a third party credit card processing company that works with retailers as a middleman in the processing of credit card charges. In the wake of the data breach which affected holders...
