by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails and phishing text messages, which are referred to as smishing. Smishing is the name given to text messages that lure you into clicking on links or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 18, 2021 | Scam of the day
Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security number and name of their victim is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year....
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2021 | Scam of the day
Online purchases which already were sizable have grown tremendously during the Coronavirus pandemic so it is not surprising that scammers are attempting to use that fact to create scams. I have reported to you about delivery scams for years. Today’s version of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
It was just last August that I first told you about “brushing” after many people in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom reported receiving unordered packages of seeds sent from China. A wide variety of conspiracy theories quickly sufaced to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, Andrei Tyurin, a Russian hacker was sentenced in federal court to twelve years in prison on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit computer hacking. The charges stemmed from a number of large data breaches done by Tyurin...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reporting about a new Coronavirus related scam that is targeting the owners of small businesses who are receiving an email that purports to come from the “Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Relief.” The...
