by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A new scam that is making its way around the country involves a phony “visual voicemail” in the form of a voicemail purportedly being attached to an email you receive. To date, although this scam will morph and change as many scams do, the email...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 18, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently a defendant whose true identity is still not known was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on identity theft charges by a federal court judge in Florida. Court documents referred to the defendant as “John Doe” also known as Leroy, also known...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 18, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Federal Express recently announced that it has been receiving large numbers of reports of fraudulent email purporting to come from Federal Express. Many of these have come from the email address of BillingOnline@fedex.com. These emails generally refer to a Federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity thieves take advantage of every major event to their illegal ends and the launching of Apple’s new iPhone 5 is sure to be no exception to this rule. There will be numerous scams and identity theft schemes revolving around the iPhone 5. You may receive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of us have received automatic robocalls from either “Heather” or “Rachel” who says she is from card services and will obtain for you a lower interest on your credit card. Thousands of people fell for this scam. These kinds of automatic...