by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 11, 2026 | Scam of the day
Identity theft is a serious crime that can result in financial harm and tremendous disruption of the lives of its victims. We are presently in an era of constant major data breaches so no matter how careful you are about protecting your personal information, you are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2026 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become an unfortunate fact of life for us all. In 2025 there were 12,195 confirmed data breaches that put millions of us in danger of identity theft. Taking advantage of public awareness of data breaches and the dangers they pose, scammers are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 2, 2026 | Scam of the day
Some of you may know that in addition to Scamicide, I also write columns for Forbes and the Saturday Evening Post about white collar crime, scams and identity theft. Check out my latest column for Forbes in which I describe the tremendous and highly unregulated...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
While we are all familiar with the rash of data breaches at major companies such as Stellantis, TransUnion, Allianz Life, Workday, Pandora, Cisco, Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Farmers Insurance and Qantas. a recent study by the tech company Proton found that...
