by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for October 10, 2023 I told you that the genetic testing company 23andMe had suffered a data breach that compromised genetic and ancestry data of 6.9 million of its users and the apparent hackers had already offered for sale what they say is the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for July 17, 2021 I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled a lawsuit against Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical, Inc and Dr. Stephen Meis who marketed its Emergency -D-Virus plan as a treatment for COVID-19 through advertising on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
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 and photographs of legitimate car dealers to make them look legitimate and, with the increased availability of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
Looking ahead to a busy summer air travel season in which we can expect delays and cancellations due to a variety of reasons, scammers will be taking advantage of the situation. Delays and cancellations occur for a number of reasons including bad weather and air...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for nine years. Generally sextortion scams begin with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. In the email, the...
