by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
For a few hours yesterday many Internet users on the East Coast of the United States were unable to access some of the most popular destinations on the Internet including Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and PayPal as a result of a massive Distributed Denial of...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report regarding its investigation into the IRS’ electronic authentication controls. The investigation was prompted by identity thieves using the IRS’ Get Transcript program...
by admin | Oct 20, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The electric utility company National Grid is warning its customers about phony telephone calls in which scammers posing as National Grid employees are calling customers and threatening to turn off their electricity if payment is not made immediately by wired funds or...
by admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The open enrollment period for Medicare began on October 15th and continues until December 7th. This is the only time during the year that people enrolled in Medicare can change their Medicare health plans, Medigap plans and their prescription drug plans. By now,...
by admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I reported to you last year, in March of 2015 a settlement was reached between Home Depot and the plaintiffs in a class action on behalf of the 56 million victims of Home Depot’s massive data breach which occurred between April and September of 2014. The...
