by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although there is nothing new about secret shopper scams or mystery shopper scams as they are sometimes called, they are scams that are still constantly finding new victims. I picked today to make this the Scam of the day because I received a scam secret shopper...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Because it is so popular, Facebook is a frequent medium for transmitting scams. Recently, Kris White of Texas was scammed when she responded to a message on her Facebook page from one of her friends telling her that she had won a $250,000 prize in a Facebook...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice revealed that it had broken a massive hacking scheme and taken over the computer servers that spread two major types of malware about which I have warned you previously. The two types of malware are GameOverZeus and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A common scam that has come to be known as the Nigerian letter scam involves an email that you receive that initially appears to offer a large amount of money under various pretenses, such as an inheritance or a bank official who needs your help to move money. At...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
One of the major causes of identity theft is the fact that many of us share too much personal information on social media. Identity thieves are able to harvest this information which may include, addresses, employer, email address, phone number, birth date and names...
