by admin | Jan 21, 2018 | Scam of the day
A few days ago, Hancock Health, which operates dozens of health care facilities in Indiana became a victim of ransomware in an attack that infected its computer system and locked up more than 1,400 of its files. In return for freeing the files, the cybercriminals...
by admin | Jan 21, 2018 | Scam of the day
Following the massive data breach at Equifax in which data including Social Security numbers of 145 million Americans was stolen, putting these people (myself included) in danger of identity theft for the rest of our lives, Equifax offered everyone one year of free...
by admin | Jan 20, 2018 | Scam of the day
The FTC is mailing thousands of checks totaling 2.2 million dollars to the victims of a telemarketing scam through which the scammers promised substantial income to people who paid for their work-at-home Internet business coaching services. The scammers used various...
by admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
The rapid rise in the value of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies have attracted many eager investors, but unfortunately, have also attracted many scammers eager to take advantage of unwary investors. One particular scam involves an app that, for a prepaid fee, will...
by admin | Jan 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
The IRS has issued a warning to taxpayers and tax professionals about a new phishing scam specifically targeting Hotmail users in which scammers posing as the IRS attempt to steal personal information which can be used for purposes of identity theft. The email’s...
