by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was devastating for the parents of Logan Bryant when their infant son died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at daycare last summer, but now they are facing another blow. Shortly after his death Logan became a victim of identity theft. Using the Death Master...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 15, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hacking into smart phones is on the rise, particularly in regard to mobile banking apps. It is estimated by Kaspersky Labs, a security company that the number of attempted hacking attempts went up from 40,059 examples of malicious code in 2012 to almost 100,000...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 14, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes from my own email. Citibank is a popular bank with more than 200 million customers throughout the world, therefore identity thieves can feel pretty confident that when they send out an email blast that many of the people receiving...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 13, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity thieves have used unsolicited telephone calls in which they trick people into revealing personal information, such as credit card numbers or Social Security numbers for many years. This has proven to be lucrative, but time consuming. Now, however, some...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 12, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it is nowhere near as popular as it once was, America Online (AOL) is still used for email by more than 2.5 million people and that means that it will be a target for identity thieves and hackers who are constantly sending out new “phishing”...
