by admin | Sep 10, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
While it may appear that ATMs are a safe and secure way to get money from your bank account, the truth is that ATMs are vulnerable to being hacked in multiple ways and we, as customers must be vigilant in order to protect ourselves and the security of our bank...
by admin | Apr 18, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Chelmsford Massachusetts police are investigating a skimmer that was found installed on a branch of TD Bank in Chelmsford Massachusetts. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on ATMs and other card reading devices,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Dinu Horvat was convicted of a host of charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in regard to a scheme in which he installed skimmers on ATMs and hidden cameras to observe people using the ATMs as they input their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Before I started teaching at Bentley University, I taught in the Massachusetts state prison system. Among my students was a scam artist, who decried the fact that in his day it took skills to be a proper scam “artist,” but that with the aid of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I have been warning you about the dangers of skimmers since the inception of Scamicide and in my book “50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age.” Recently a new wave of skimmer identity theft has been sweeping the country, with police in White...
