by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 26, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Shopping on Amazon is extremely popular both with consumers and scammers seeking to exploit Amazon’s popularity, particularly during the holiday shopping season I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send various types of phishing emails...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
I initially reported to you in 2014 that the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of what we now know is 20 million federal employees, retirees and their family members. We later learned that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Each year the company SplashData does a study of the worst passwords commonly used. These easily discerned passwords make their users particularly vulnerable to identity theft. These passwords become known through data breaches and can be found on the Dark Web, that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 23, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Despite your best efforts to protect your personal information, most notably your Social Security number, which in the hands of an identity thief can easily lead to your becoming a victim of identity theft, you are only as safe as the companies and agencies with the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 22, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
The popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails which appear to come from Netflix. In these phishing emails you are told you need to update your credit card information or asked for other personal information. I have written about a number...
