by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This week Spanish law enforcement working closely with American law enforcement broke up a major international hacking effort that had been responsible for stealing more than sixty million dollars from ATMs throughout the world. Among those arrested were six Romanian...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The recent death of former South African President Nelson Mandela was both a sad occasion due to the loss of this great man, but it was also a time to celebrate a long life well lived. Unfortunately, it also has turned into an opportunity for scam artists to turn...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phony lotteries continue to be one of the most common scams and with good reason. Each year Americans lose more than 120 million dollars to phony lotteries. The appeal of lotteries are obvious. For a small price you get a chance to win a huge amount of money. With...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may be wondering why I have been writing about the Target hacking so often recently. Certainly it is true that 40 million people are affected by the Target scam and the more information that I can provide to those people, the better they will be, but even...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 27, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I first reported to you about the Syrian Electronic Army last summer when this organization hacked into the New York Times, the Washington Post and a number of other major American companies. More recently, in October I told you about the SEA’s hacking into...