by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Turkish citizen Alper Erdogan was sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution after being convicted of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit computer hacking and conspiracy to commit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 10, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Comcast is one of the biggest providers of cable and Internet services in the country and their billing can be far from simple which makes them a tempting target for scammers. The latest Comcast related scam starts with a telephone call to the potential victim from a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 9, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the battle to prevent identity thieves from being able to access online the bank accounts of their victims, many banks in Austria, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland have gone beyond the simple password to the more secure (supposedly) two-factor identification. With...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Federal criminal charges were brought against seven people including Abraxas Discala, the former husband of actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, from the HBO series, “The Sopranos.” The seven people indicted were charged with running a three hundred...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was revealed yesterday that a Russian gang of about 20 hackers committed what may be the largest data theft in history by stealing 1.2 billion user names and passwords along with 500 million email addresses. This particular gang has been operating since 2011, but...
