by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 30, 2019 | Scam of the day
Crowdfunding is the name for the now popular process by which people raise funds for various projects from movies and books to the development of new businesses. Unfortunately, as I have been warning you about since 2012, the potential for crowdfunding scams is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 29, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was just yesterday in the Scam of the day, that I warned you about various phishing emails. Today’s Scam of the day is a well written, but totally bogus example of such a phishing email that attempts to lure you into clicking on links in order to continue...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
Time and time again, the way in which major online attacks on government agencies, companies and all of us as individuals begin is through a spear phishing email. Phishing emails are emails that are sent to lure you into providing information or clicking on links in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2019 | Scam of the day
DNA testing has become very popular for helping to determine your ancestry. They also can be used to identify your genetic risk of certain diseases. Scammers, however are taking advantage of people’s interest in these tests that are done for medical purposes...
