by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 9, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A credit freeze is, as the name implies, a freezing of your credit report at your request whereby no one can have access to your credit report even if they have your Social Security number and other personal information about you. You control access to the credit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This past week Julian Okeayaninneh and Olugbenga Adeniran were sentenced to federal prison in regard to scams and identity theft related to information taken from many banks including JP Morgan Chase Bank, TCF Bank, US Bank and Wachovia Bank that resulted in identity...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 15, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
With the presidential election season in high gear, it is not surprising that identity thieves and scam artists are taking advantage of this to scam people out of their money. One of the more common identity theft schemes involves a call from your city or town clerk...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
For the fourth time in the last six years, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue has negligently released personal information on Wisconsin taxpayers putting them at serious risk of identity theft. This time the Wisconsin DOR put up on its website a report of real...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 21, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Following up on the “scam of the day” of July 13th which dealt with data breaches at Yahoo, LinkedIn and others, you should be aware of a class action that has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all...
