by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As we have all become aware in the wake of the Heartbleed flaw and the recent Internet Explorer security flaw, constant updating of the software we all use with the latest security patches and updates is a critical part of avoiding scams and identity theft threats. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Before I started teaching at Bentley University, I taught in the Massachusetts state prison system. Among my students was a scam artist, who decried the fact that in his day it took skills to be a proper scam “artist,” but that with the aid of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Congressional hearings last week highlighted the problem of scam artists fraudulently selling gold and other precious metals to people, many of them elderly. Often these scams start with a telemarketing call to the victim in which he or she is told...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Throughout the news and here on Scamicide there have been warnings for the past week about the extreme danger posed by a recently discovered flaw in the popular web browser, Internet Explorer. This flaw was not discovered before the flaw had already been exploited by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 2, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam comes directly from my email box and although I just received it, the scam it represents has been around for a few years. It looks pretty legitimate, but it is not. It is a scam. If you click on the links, one of two things will happen. Either...
