by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scams can come in on your smartphone as easily as they come in on your computer. A recent scam involves a phony text message purporting to be from Target telling you that you have just won a $1,000 Target gift card. The text message provides a link to a phony...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the Federal Trade Commission’s most recent survey, more than thirty million Americans were the victims of scams last year. However, the number of scams was indicated as close to 49 million scams, which means that many scam victims were victimized...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 18, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Curiosity killed the cat and it can also invade your computer and result in a scammer getting access to your computer through malware such as a keystroke logging program that can read and steal all of the information stored on your computer, such as your Social...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently Microsoft released nine security bulletins relating to a number of critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Visual Basics for Applications and Microsoft Office. Two of the patches in particular MSA12-043 and MS12-045 are very...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Some scams keep repeating and with good reason – they work. Jury duty scams have been with us for many years and they continue to be an effective scam. They start when you receive a telephone call or a text message informing you that you have failed to report...
