by admin | Dec 4, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
After four years of intense investigation a group of international law enforcement agencies from thirty countries led by the German prosecutors have broken a huge cybercriminal network known as “Avalanche,” arresting five people, seizing five servers and...
by admin | Aug 5, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Using Amazon as a hook for a phishing scam is not surprising since so many people shop through Amazon. Reproduced below is an Amazon themed email phishing scam that is presently circulating. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK. As with so many phishing scams, this one appears...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 30, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As if we all didn’t have enough to worry about now we have the Internet of things about which to be concerned. As more and more of the things we use become connected to the Internet including but certainly not limited to cars, refrigerators, coffee makers and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 7, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing is the name of the scam whereby you are lured to a phony website that appears to be legitimate, however when you click on links in these phony websites, download material from these websites or provide information to these websites, you put yourself in danger...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Rather than look back on this, the last day of 2012, I think it is more productive to look ahead to what scams and identity theft schemes you should be wary of in the new year. More and more identity theft schemes will be aimed at your smart phones and portable...
