by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
ADT, the country’s largest home security company in the United States became aware on April 20th that it had suffered a data breach which, according to Have I Been Pwned, a terrific website that tracks data breaches, resulted in person information of 5.5...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2026 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the jury duty scam for thirteen years, but it continues to snare many unwary victims. Recently Suzzane Wilson lost $18,000 to a jury duty scam that began with a phone call from a scammer posing as a Sheriff’s Deputy telling her...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 26, 2026 | 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. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card numbers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 25, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for August 29, 2023 I told you about, scammers posing as local humane societies or animal control officers calling pet owners who have lost pets telling them that they have found the pet and asking for an immediate payment over the phone in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become an all-too-common feature of life today and they pose a significant threat to all of us because regardless of how careful we are at protecting our personal data, we are only as secure as the companies and governmental agencies that hold our...
