by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the Star Wars movies, the “force” provided power that could used for good or as exemplified by Darth Vader, the “dark side” and so it is with artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence can be use to combat scams through recognizing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
For years identity thieves and scammers would use skimmers installed at ATMs and on card processing equipment such as at gas pumps (where this is still a problem) and at retail checkouts to steal the debit or credit card information from the magnetic strip on the card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending payments to victims of a credit card offer scam that was operated by the personal finance company Credit Karma between 2018 and 2021. Credit Karma sent notices to hundreds of thousands of people telling them that they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 2, 2024 | Scam of the day
Landmark Admin is a company with which you may not be familiar, but one which may have your personal information and it recently disclosed that it had suffered a data breach affecting more than 800,000 people. Landmark Admin is company that provides administrative...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Dalai Llama has said that his religion is very simple – it is kindness. And certainly we all could use a bit more kindness in our lives, however, when the word “kindly” appears in an email or text message that you receive, it can be a tip off...
