by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may be familiar with the scam of “cramming” where unauthorized charges are added to your phone bill. Often due to phone bills being so lengthy and confusing, people may not spot small recurring bills for services that they do not recognize and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 5, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week the IRS acknowledged that they had paid out more than five billion dollars in fraudulent income tax refunds to identity thieves in 2011 and that a government audit of the IRS predicted that the problem will worsen over the next five years. Despite...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The convenience of looking for a job online is somewhat balanced by the ease with which scammers can exploit this process to steal money from you or make you a victim of identity theft. Merely because you find a job listing on a legitimate job site, such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 3, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Playing online video games is a popular pastime, but it also can lead to identity theft if you do not protect yourself. Many multiplayer online games are connected to cerdit card accounts that can make the players vulnerable as we have seen with the major data breach...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 2, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently the Justice Department through the U.S. Attorney’s office for Alaska in cooperation with the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced a ninety count indictment against eleven people accused of filing phony income tax returns between January...
