by admin | Sep 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
The effective date of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, passed by Congress in May is almost upon us and with it will come the ability of consumers to freeze and unfreeze their credit reports for free. Come September 21st you will be...
by admin | Sep 9, 2018 | Scam of the day
With more than 2,500 Scams of the day about which I have written and which can be found in the Scamicide archives, there will be times that I update you on scams about which I have written previously and this is one of those times. Recently I was contacted by a...
by admin | Sep 8, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today is National Grandparents Day and a good time to remind everyone about the dangers of the infamous grandparent scam. Many of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild...
by admin | Sep 7, 2018 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, British Airways discovered that its website and app had been hacked such that 380,000 people who purchased flights over their http://www.ba.com website or app between August 21st and September 5th had their credit card information stolen. Along with...
by admin | Sep 6, 2018 | Scam of the day
It is always important to update all of the software you use with the latest security updates and patches as soon as they are available. Numerous hacks and data breaches could have been avoided if individuals as well as companies installed security updates when they...
