by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
It was two weeks ago that I first told you about the data breach at Panera Bread. It was done by the English speaking hacking group ShinyHunters, who successfully stole personal information including customer names, email addresses, phone numbers home addresses and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 12, 2026 | Scam of the day
Creative scammers have come up with a new way to scam you when you shop online. For years, I have warned you about phony retail websites that either appear to be that of legitimate retailers such as Wallmart or are just websites that come up high in a search engine...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2026 | Scam of the day
A credit freeze is, as the name implies, a freezing of your credit report at your request whereby no one can have access to your credit report even if they have your Social Security number and other personal information about you. You control access to the credit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching. This is a very important day to many people including scammers and identity thieves who always manage to find an opportunity in whatever is current or popular to scam you out of your money. There are many...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 9, 2026 | Scam of the day
Task scams are scams in which you are solicited to do simple tasks such as liking videos or rating product images online and get paid for your efforts. Too bad it is a scam. The scammers promise that you will earn a commission on each click. The scam starts with a...