by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
Skimmers at gas pumps continue to be a major problem. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from old style magnetic strip...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
Peer to Peer Payment Payment Services (P2P) such as Zelle, Venmo, ApplePay, PayPal, Square Cash and PopMoney are popular ways to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from your credit card or bank account. These services are used by 113 million Americans....
by admin | Mar 6, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the wake the massive data breaches in recent years from Target, Home Depot and others in which credit card numbers of millions of consumers were stolen, many people were very enthusiastic about the launch of Apple Pay in October of 2014. Apple Pay was represented...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Staples, the popular office supply store is the latest major retailer to be hacked and suffer a data breach. As I have written many times before, including in a column for USA Today in which I wrote about the data breaches following the same pattern each time, the...
