by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 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. | Jun 24, 2024 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. Being hounded by someone attempting to collect a debt you do not owe constitutes fraud. In recent years the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against a number of these...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
South Texas Oncology and Hematology, a cancer treatment facility recently reported that it had suffered a data breach in which sensitive information including patients’ names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and medical information of 170,000 of its...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
For profit universities have been a target of state and federal investigations for years. I have written about this topic since 2012. It should be noted that not all for profit colleges are scams, but there are a large number of for profit colleges, sometimes...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announces cost of living adjustments for Social Security payments in October of each year which become effective the following January. Last October a 3.2% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients was...
