by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 20, 2025 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. According to the FTC, consumers lost 228 million dollars to gift card scams last year. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are all too common and the latest data breach involves car rental company Hertz which also operates the Dollar and Thrifty car rental companies. Customer information for the three car rental companies was compromised in a data breach involving Cleo...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2025 | Scam of the day
With the political and economic news constantly filled with reports about tariffs being imposed by President Trump on 90 countries around the world with the amount of the tariff varying from a low of 10% which was the amount imposed on the Heard Island and McDonald...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
Recently I got a Facebook friend request from a good friend of mine. The only problem was that we were already were Facebook friends. If one of your friends received a Facebook friend request that appeared to come from you, it does not mean that your account was...
