by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
Adobe has just issued new security updates for a number of its products including Adobe Acrobat and the popular, but intensely flawed Adobe Flash software. Last year Adobe confirmed that it will stop updating and distributing Adobe Flash at the end of 2020 although...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2020 | Scam of the day
As I have told you many times, scammers constantly take advantage of whatever is of interest to the public and turn it into a scam. Last week’s Academy Awards brought a lot of attention to the movies nominated for best picture Ford v. Ferrari, 1917, Jojo...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. This is a very important day to many people including scammers and identity thieves who always manage to find an opportunity in whatever is newsworthy to scam you out of your money. There are many Valentine’s day scams, but...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2020 | Scam of the day
Here is another good example of a phishing email that is presently being circulated. It was sent to me by a Scamicide reader who received it. It makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam. Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 10, 2020 | Scam of the day
Affinity fraud is the name for the type of fraud where people put undeserved trust in someone offering an investment opportunity because that person is “someone like me.” Affinity fraud works because people trust other people who may share a common bond,...
