by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 31, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scammers and identity thieves are always there to take advantage of every natural disaster and Hurricane Isaac which has wreaked havoc in the Gulf coast will be no exception. Scammers and identity thieves will prey upon the victims of the storm, claiming to be...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Boris Toumasian was convicted of multiple offenses involving identity theft and sentenced to federal prison for a term of five years. Toumasian, who had worked at a BP gas station, installed skimmers on the gas pumps at the gas station. For those of you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 29, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
One of the little discussed, but very serious aspects of identity theft occurs when your identity is stolen by someone who then commits a crime using your name. A recent incident involving Vancouver Chess Master John Yoos illustrates this problem. Yoos was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of the scams and identity theft schemes about which I report are matters that come to my attention when they are directed at me among others and today’s scam is one of those. I recently got an email that informed me, by name, that I would now be able to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 27, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The recent theft of mail from a mailbox outside a Post Office in California highlights the generally unconsidered risk of identity theft presented by merely mailing a bill with a check by way of a letter dropped off in a mailbox. Identity thieves will steal mail...
