by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The good news according to the IRS is that their crack teams of forensic accountants prevented the payments of 1.5 billion dollars in fraudulent tax refund checks last year. The bad news, however is that a report done for the Treasury Department predicts that the IRS...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 20, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day is another one that comes directly from my own email box. This scam is almost exactly like previous Better Business Bureau complaint scam letters that I warned you about on November 14th and December 8th, however, because the scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 19, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Ransomware is a scam that involves you unwittingly downloading malware that freezes your computer and displays a notice that states that unless you pay a sum of money, your computer will not be unlocked. The most recent type of malware being used is called...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 18, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Fresh from my email comes today’s “Scam of the day” which is copied below. It is a phony notice from an identity thief posing as an AOL representative that attempts to lure me into clicking on a link which it requires me to do in order remedy an...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the January 12th “Scam of the day” I warned you about serious identity theft danger posed by a flaw in Java software and urged you , as also was advised by the Department of Homeland Security to disable your Java software. This danger was very real and...
