by admin | Dec 26, 2017 | Scam of the day
Shopping on Amazon is extremely popular both with consumers and scammers seeking to exploit Amazon’s popularity. I have warned you many times in the past about scammers who are sending various types of phishing emails which purport to be from Amazon that...
by admin | Dec 25, 2017 | Scam of the day
Electronic greeting cards or E cards are great. While some companies charge a small fee, many electronic greeting cards are available for free. They are particularly useful when you have procrastinated sending a card through the mail and need to get a Christmas card,...
by admin | Dec 24, 2017 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is just another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the Internet although this one appears to have originated in the Ivory Coast. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the...
by admin | Dec 23, 2017 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has obtained a judgment against David Raff, Millenium Direct Incorporated and Ian Gamberg shutting down a phony lottery scam they were operating. The Court also ordered the pay $501,895 to the FTC. The scam began with letters sent to...
by admin | Dec 22, 2017 | Scam of the day
Forbes Magazine recently reported about a massive data breach that occurred this month involving the data analytics company Alteryx which neglected to take basic security steps necessary to protect large amounts of personal data involving more than 120 million...