by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 10, 2019 | Scam of the day
Here is another good example of a phishing email that is presently being circulated. It makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam. Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
The recent arrest in Florida of two scammers has highlighted a new scam criminals are using to enable them to charge expensive cell phone to your accounts. According to Clearwater, Florida police, Ah’jhzae Diamondric Artag Berry and Keith Ramsey contacted their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2019 | Scam of the day
Game of Thrones is one of the most popular television shows of all time and fans of the show are eagerly waiting the April 14th release on HBO of the first episode of the final season. Of course anything popular with many people is also going to be popular with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 7, 2019 | Scam of the day
Many of us are said to have data breach fatigue, which means that due to so many massive data breaches occurring in recent years, such as the Equifax data breach of 2017 in which 145 million people had personal information stolen, we have become numbed and fail to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Kwamaine Jerell Ford pleaded guilty last week in Federal Court in Atlanta to charges related to his hacking into the accounts of hundreds of prominent professional athletes and rappers. The technique Ford used to hack into the accounts of his victims was simple and...