by admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
Mystery shopper scams continue to proliferate. Recently, I have been contacted by numerous Scamicide.com readers who have received communications in regard to mystery shopping scams. Today’s version of the mystery shopper scam comes from my own email. Mystery...
by admin | Aug 24, 2016 | 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 will download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 20, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I often tell you, it is critical to keep your software programs updated with the latest security patches. Identity thieves and scammers are constantly locating and exploiting flaws in the software we all use in an effort to steal from us, make us victims of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 1, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) is the name for a tactic that has increasingly been used by hackers against major financial institutions. Most recently, online broker Charles Schwab & Co. was disabled and inaccessible by its customers for more than an hour...