by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been writing a lot recently about data breaches which is not really surprising since last year alone there were 9,478 publicly disclosed data breaches exposing over more than 35.9 billion records globally and 2025 appears to be on its way to a record number of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 25, 2025 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Amazon’s popularity has not escaped scammers who tie many scams to Amazon including the phishing email copied below that can lead to identity theft and the hacking of your Amazon account. I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2025 | Scam of the day
The overpayment scam is the basis for many scams including phony mystery shopper scams about which I have written many times. An example of the overpayment scam occurred when a British Columbia wedding photographer was scammed out of $4,600 through this scam. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Many people are probably not familiar with forex trading. Forex trading is the name for the very speculative investing in trading foreign currencies. It definitely is not an investment for inexperienced investors and while it certainly is legal, there have been many...
