by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the last few days, we have learned of successful major ransomware attacks at the U.S. Marshals Service and Dole Food Company. Ransomware attacks in which the targeted victims data is stolen and encrypted in a manner that the victim cannot access is done primarily...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2023 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Until new regulations were enacted in 2014 scammers merely checked out the latest obituaries and then went to a free totally available data bank called the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for seven years. In December, the FBI issued a new warning about sextortion and more recently, a similar warning was issued by the Greenwich, Connecticut police department. Generally sextortion scams begin with an...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last ten years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. Unfortunately, these scams continue to be effective and are increasing in number so it is important to remind you about them again. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about romance scams for many years. More recently I have been warning you for the last few years about the myriad of scams involving cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. In the last couple of years a new scam combining the romance scam and...
