by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, one in which retailers often lure shoppers with tremendous bargains. Criminals do the same thing. On the Dark Web, that part of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today is Black Friday, which traditionally is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. This fact is not lost on scammers who will be as pervasive as ever. Over the next few weeks, I will be focusing the Scams of the day on the many holiday season scams about...
by admin | Oct 27, 2018 | Scam of the day
We all tend to trust people who are just like us. That is a truism. With a knowledge of psychology that would make Sigmund Freud envious, conmen use that trust to their advantage. Scammers know that once they have a potential victim’s heart and trust, their wallet...
by admin | Sep 20, 2018 | Scam of the day
Popular computer parts company Newegg has just announced that it suffered a data breach between August 14th and September 18th in which it appears that the hackers were able to steal all of the information entered by Newgg’s online customers which would include...
by admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. A skimmer steals all of the information from old style magnetic strip credit card or debit cards which then enables the identity...
