by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for December 22, 2023 I first told you about the data breach affecting all thirty-six million customers of Internet service provider Comcast Cable Communications which occurred between October 16, 2023 and October 19, 2023 in which usernames,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
Recently, Patricia Escriva was shocked to see that she had lost control of her cell phone and that scammers had emptied her bank account of $18,000. What made this more troubling was that her account was protected by dual factor authentication. She was the victim...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
ADT, the country’s largest home security company in the United States became aware on April 20th that it had suffered a data breach which, according to Have I Been Pwned, a terrific website that tracks data breaches, resulted in person information of 5.5...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 22, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for December 22, 2023 I first told you about the data breach affecting all thirty-six million customers of Internet service provider Comcast Cable Communications which occurred between October 16, 2023 and October 19, 2023 in which usernames,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last two years worldwide. The latest problem is a data breach which Booking.com confirmed earlier this week in an email to its users informing them that it had suffered a data...
