by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
This is another scam that keeps on returning with slight changes to appear to be something new and even legal, but if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck and a chain letter is easy to spot unless you are blinded by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Computer / Technology Scams, Facebook / Social Networking Scams, Identity Theft, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Malware is the term for malicious software that you unwittingly download on your computer when you click on links in emails from scammers or fall prey to phishing and download the program from a phony website to which you were lured in the belief that it was a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Smishing is similar to phishing on your computer, but this time the scammers message comes as a text message on your cell phone. Often it comes purportedly from your bank telling you that your account has been frozen and then asks you to provide personal information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Facebook / Social Networking Scams, Identity Theft, Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Vishing is a scam that takes advantage of Voice over Internet Protocol technology that permits you to make telephone calls through your computer instead of through a regular phone line. When you use your computer to make a telephone call, your voice is converted into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Facebook / Social Networking Scams, Identity Theft, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Phishing occurs when an identity thief lures you through a phony email that purports to be from a bank, another legitimate company or even the IRS or other governmental agency to a phony website that looks like the website of that legitimate company, but actually is...
