by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive a number of email scams and I am sure you are receiving the same or similar ones. Today’s scam of the day comes from an email that came with the message line “Wire Payment Transfer Confirmation.” Here...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the theft actually goes back to 2009, it was only now that the Department of Justice unsealed indictments made by a federal grand jury in 2012 in which nine people including six Ukrainians and a Russian were charged with using malware to steal passwords,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 17, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Over the last couple of years I have often reported to you about data breaches at major companies who have been hacked. The recent Target hacking although particularly large, was not particularly unusual. Two days ago, Kickstarter disclosed that it had been hacked. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 16, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
When it was first disclosed that reporters from the British tabloid “News of the World” had hacked into the smartphones of numerous people including celebrities, politicians, and even the royal family, it was big new around the world. However, now that a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope your day is a good one free of scams and identity theft. Electronic greeting cards have become very popular and with good reason. Even if you don’t remember a birthday or delay sending a holiday card until the last...
