by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2024 | Scam of the day
Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. recently announced that it had suffered a data breach in which 28,000 of its customers had their personal information stolen. The information stolen included the names, Social Security numbers, state of residence, bank account...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become an all-too-common feature of life today and they pose a significant threat to all of us because regardless of how careful we are at protecting our personal data, we are only as secure as the companies and governmental agencies that hold our...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 24, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scams know no political boundaries and while Scamicide focuses on scams affecting Americans, many of the scams and identity theft threats I discuss are found throughout the world. Recently my attention was drawn to a whistleblower in Ukraine who contacted...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the past I have told you about scammers increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often the scammers either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
This scam starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like this: (image: Sophos) The message will have a link and what appears to be a video, which many people would be tempted to click on out of a concern that the video may be significant,...
