by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
Geek Squad is a subsidiary of big box store chain Best Buy and it offers excellent tech support for electronic devices including televisions and computers. They are a popular company used by many people. Lately, scammers have been sending phishing emails that appear...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2025 | Scam of the day
Whatever is popular with many people is going to be popular with scammers and so it should come as no surprise that scammers are using YouTube as a platform for perpetrating a wide variety of scams. More than 2.7 billion people use YouTube making it the third most...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is warning people about a new scam in which pet owners are receiving calls or text messages purportedly from the local SPCA or another animal shelter telling them that their car or dog was hit by a car and that an immediate payment of $500...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 9, 2025 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and earthquakes are common occurrences. The devastating floods recently in central Texas have caused tremendous damage and loss of life. Natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been writing a lot recently about data breaches which is not really surprising since last year alone there were 9,478 publicly disclosed data breaches exposing over more than 35.9 billion records globally and 2025 appears to be on its way to a record number of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
While the storms that recently hit Texas are prominent in the news, the recent storms that ravaged parts of central Pennsylvania have opened the door to a scam that often follows storm damage through extensive rain or hurricanes, namely the sale of storm damaged...
