by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
Scammers are sending emails with attached letters that appear to come from an employee of TD Canada Trust Bank, a real Canadian bank. The letter carries the logo of the bank. The letter, a copy of which is shown below claims that the person receiving the email is a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2025 | Scam of the day
Scammers posing as the Social Security Administration (SSA) are sending emails such as the one shown below in an attempt to lure people into clicking on a malware infected link thinking that they will be provided their annual Social Security statement. The email shown...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is yet another major data breach. This time the victim of the data breach is the University of Phoenix, a popular private for-profit primarily online university with 97% of its students attending through their computers. The university...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 23, 2025 | Scam of the day
Online greeting cards are a great product for anyone who tends to be a bit late in sending out holiday greeting cards by regular mail. You can even send one on Christmas day and not be late. They are easy to send and many are free. They also can be very...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Yesterday I told you about the recent data breach at Pornhub and while that particular data breach was confirmed on December 12th, we can expect many more data breaches over the coming days. The federal government has warned business leaders to be ready for inevitable...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
Pornhub, the most visited Internet pornography site has notified 200 million of its premium users that it had suffered a data breach in which personal data including email addresses, location, video titles and search keywords used by its premium users was...