by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 11, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have often written about imporster scams where scammers pose as legitimate companies or government agencies that you know and trust in an effort to lure you into providing personal information or making a payment under some pretext. Now, in an unusual twist on the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 10, 2025 | Scam of the day
On March 10th, Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) was hit by a series of apparent DDoS attacks denying access to thousands of users of X throughtout the day. A DDoS occurs when the Domain Name Sevice (DNS) provider for a site gets flooded with an overwhelming...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2025 | Scam of the day
USAA, the insurance and banking company that provides services to members of the military, veterans and their families which many people may be most familiar through their television advertisements featuring Rob Gronkowski and Sam Elliott suffered a data brach in 2021...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
Peer to Peer Payment Payment Service Zelle is used by many people to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from their credit card or bank account. Sending money through Zelle only requires you to enter the recipient’s phone number or email address....
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued a warning recently about an increase in car dealer cloning. Car dealer cloning occurs when a scammer sets up a website or social media profile as a legitimate car dealer. The website and social media posts use images...
