by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 31, 2021 | Scam of the day
Phony text messaging, called smishing, which purport to be from your bank or credit card company is a scam about which I have been warning you for years, but appears to be a scam that is dramatically increasing. Recently, I received a text message that appeared to...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make yo a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
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 | Jan 28, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scam artists are the only criminals and with good reason, the creativity and audacity shown by these criminals can sometimes be astounding. Recently, a phony Chinese bank was shut down by Chinese authorities, but not before it had swindled innocent Chinese customers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I have told you so many times, whenever something catches the attention of the public, it catches the attention of scammers and identity thieves who use it as a hook to turn that public’s interest in something into making the public victims of scams. The...