by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2024 | Scam of the day
As we all know by now, skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from old style magnetic strip credit card or debit cards which...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
Four years ago the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about the dangers presented by skimmers on gas pumps and the threat persists to this day. I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers for many years. Skimmers are small electronic devices that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 18, 2022 | Scam of the day
While Thanksgiving is still five days away, many people already have their hearts and minds focused on one of the biggest shopping days of the year – Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season...
by admin | Apr 28, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Chipotle Mexican Grill whose sales have only recently improved following food safety issues in 2016 just took another hit with its announcement that it had suffered a data breach affecting the credit card processing systems at its restaurants. The data breach was...
by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Omni Hotels and Resorts just became the latest hotel chain to suffered a massive data breach joining Hyatt, Hotels, Starwood Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Trump Hotels who all suffered similar data breaches in the last year in which credit card and debit card information...
