by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I reported to you many times before, Medicare continues to use enrollees’ Social Security numbers as their identification numbers featured prominently on their Medicare identification cards. This, of course, increases dramatically the risk of identity theft...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 25, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Barnes and Nobles on Tuesday announced that it had suffered a data breach in stores in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania. The data breach was traced back to PIN pad devices used by customers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 23, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Similar to the scam I told you about a few days ago regarding identity thieves luring you by purporting to provide you with a link to a Miley Cyrus sex tape that doesn’t exist, the latest incarnation of this same scam is occuring on Facebook where you may find a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 23, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is relatively easy to make an email appear to come from a legitimate company, copying their logo and other material that will make an email from a scammer/identity thief appear to come from the legitimate company. Phony emails purporting to be from companies such...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 22, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A scam that has surfaced recently in Florida is sure to make its way around the country. Florida, as all states do, licenses many professions including lawyers, real estate agents, doctors and many more professions. It is easy to get the names of such professionals...
