by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to posting too much personal information on social media that can be leveraged by a criminal for purposes of identity theft. During the early days of the pandemic many people posted photos of their vaccination cards...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
A new scam that takes advantage of old technology is landline identity theft which has rececently been used by scammers to hack into someone’s bank account without knowing the password for the account. Many people no longer use landlines, but may not have...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2023 | Scam of the day
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to posting too much personal information on social media that can be leveraged by a criminal for purposes of identity theft. During the earlier days of the pandemic many people posted photos of their vaccination...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
A week ago in my Scam of the day for February 8th, I wrote about why it was unwise for people to post photos of their vaccination cards on social media because it would let the world know their birhdate. Your birthdate is a signficiant piece of information that, in...
