by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2024 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week criminal charges were brought in federal court against six people accused of installing skimmers on ATMs and retail store checkout point of sale units in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York. Skimmers are small...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes are common occurrences. Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc in Grenada, Jamaica and other southern Caribbean islands before hitting Texas hard. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 9, 2024 | Scam of the day
Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews reported a few days ago that they had discovered the largest collection of stolen passwords in history totaling almost ten billion passwords were posted on a Dark Web site used by cybercriminals. Cybercriminals use websites on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
Imposter scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS,...
