by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for August 16, 2025 I told you about the lawsuit NY Attorney General Letitia James brought against Zelle, the service created by major banks in 2017 that enables people to quickly and easily send money from their bank accounts to other Zelle...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2026 | Scam of the day
Cybersecurity company Proofpoint discovered a scam in which people receive emails offering a free piano which is available often purportedly due to a death in the family or because the owner of the piano is graduating. The scam has largely targeted students and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2026 | Scam of the day
The most effective scams take advantage of legitimate situations. Many people have gotten legitimate messages from Apple telling them that their iCloud storage under their present plan is full. If your iCloud storage is full you can still save your photos and videos...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last two years worldwide. The latest problem is a data breach which Booking.com confirmed earlier this week in an email to its users informing them that it had suffered a data...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
Since 2017 I have been warning you about scammers planting phony customer service numbers online and using those numbers to trick their victims into providing personal information or paying them money. Scammers construct phony websites that appear to provide a...
