by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 30, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As the holiday shopping season is in full swing, over the next month I will be warning you about the latest scams and identity theft schemes related to holiday shopping, both in brick and mortar stores and online. Today, I will start with shopping in a store. Most...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 29, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently Kimberly Fossen of Portland, Oregon was awarded $105,000 in her lawsuit against the county for her arrest and temporary jailing when the police were actually looking for Minh Thuy Nguyen who had stolen Kimberly Fossen’s identity a year earlier. At the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope your day is a good one free of scams and identity theft. Electronic greeting cards have become very popular and with good reason. Even if you don’t remember a birthday or delay sending a holiday card until the last...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Suffolk County, New York Police recently arrested seventeen year old Matthew Calicchio and accused him of hacking into the student records of students in the Sachem School District and then posting the personal information on thousands of students online. The hacking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 26, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity theft victim Barbara Shaw now knows all to well the dangers of hotel Wifi. Upon returning to the United States recently from a European trip, she checked her airline frequent flier account to make sure that she was credited with all of the miles from her...