by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2025 | 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. | Dec 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
I first told you about “brushing” in August of 2020 after many people in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom reported receiving unordered packages of seeds sent from China. A wide variety of conspiracy theories quickly surfaced to explain...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can take many different forms and one about which most people are unaware is criminal identity theft. Criminal identity theft occurs when someone steals your identity and then commits crimes using your name and Social Security number. The problems...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued a warning earlier this month about childe identity theft and the problem is by no means limited to Ohio. According to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research one in eight children since 2019 has had their identity...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
On June 22nd I first informed you that Aflac had disclosed two days earlier that it had suffered a data breach that may have compromised sensitive personal information held by the company, which offers a range of insurance products to millions of people. According to...
