by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many people are excited about the start of the Winter Olympics including scam artists and identity thieves who see every event that captures the public’s interest as an opportunity to scam you or steal your identity. Many people will be receiving emails...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day is another edition of the latest of software patches and security updates as provided by the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is of critical importance to update the software programs that you use on all of your...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently Domingo Pablo Guttierrez, Moises Lara-Ceballos, Juan Quero-Mendez and Adonis Ramirez-Segura were convicted on various charges related to an identity theft conspiracy by which the defendants stole the Social Security numbers and other information of Puerto...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
White Lodging Services Corporation, which is a company that manages 168 hotel franchises including Marriott, Hilton and Starwood hotels in 21 states has become the latest company to disclose that its data including credit and debit card numbers of its customers has...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A few days ago, Yahoo announced that its email security had been breached. Yahoo is the second largest email provider with approximately 273 million users. The actual breach which involved the theft of both usernames and passwords was accomplished not by hacking...