by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. According to recently released FBI figures the amount of money lost to victims of this scam doubled in 2018 from the previous year to a record 1.2 billion...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. Generally this scam involves an email to the people who control payments at a targeted company. These people receive an email purportedly from the CEO, company...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies, however recently one alleged criminal operating this scam has been arrested. Daniel Adekunie Ojo, was charged with fraud and identity theft in regard to using...
by admin | May 10, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Obinna Obioha, a Nigerian citizen has recently pleaded guilty in federal court to hacking into the computers of American businesses around the country and stealing information that enabled him to scam the companies out of an estimated 6.5 million dollars. While in...
by admin | May 1, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my scam of the day for December 26, 2016 I told you about the Boston Division of the FBI warning companies about a huge surge of Business E-Mail Compromise scams (BEC). The scam involves an email sent to the people who control payments at a targeted company. These...
