by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2020 | Scam of the day
The 2020 presidential election is less than a year away, and the Democratic candidates as well as President Trump are actively fund raising. Scammers are taking advantage of the public’s interest in the presidential election to make robocalls in which they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are among the most common scams and although these scams take many different forms, they all have in common that you have won a lottery you never even entered (quite a feat) and that you must now pay money for either taxes or administrative fees in order...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 22, 2020 | Scam of the day
Recently personal information of 10,683,188 people gathered in a data breach of MGM Resorts hotels turned up on Dark Web websites where criminals buy and sell stolen data. The data included full names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and dates of birth...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing refunds to more than 541,000 victims of a scam operated by Office Depot and Office Max in which they offered a free computer diagnostic scan program called “PC Health Check” created by Support.com that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 20, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for December 14, 2019 I told you about a Tennessee family who reported the Ring camera installed in the bedroom of their three young girls was hacked and the hackers not only were able to spy on the children, but also actually spoke to the...
