by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 6, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Always looking to take advantage of events in the news, scammers have been recently taking advantage of the federal government shutdown as a focal point for scams on the public. The scams are taking various forms. One form is an email that you receive from a new...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 5, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Adobe makes software used by millions of consumers. Recently Adobe announced that it had been hacked and personal information belonging to 2.9 million of its customers was stolen. The stolen information included names, encrypted credit card numbers, and expiration...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Security researcher Brian Krebs recently disclosed that a Russian gang which operates a criminal identity theft service for other identity thieves had hacked into three major data aggregators, LexisNexis, Dun & Bradstreet and Kroll Background America for as long...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 3, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Lottery scams may be the most prevalent scam in the world today and for a good reason. People fall for them. Generally a lottery scam starts with your being informed that you have won a lottery that you never entered and then you are instructed to pay administrative...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not all scams and identity theft schemes are high tech. Identity theft schemes can be high tech, low tech or no tech and one of the lowest tech identity theft schemes that is having a bit of a resurgence is theft of mail from residential mailboxes and using the mail...
