by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Largely lost among the news of recent data breaches at companies such as Home Depot, Supervalu and UPS was the announcement by Dairy Queen that a number of its stores suffered data breaches leaving customers’ credit card and debit card information in the hands...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my Scam of the day for July 12th I told you about the arrest in Guam of Roman Seleznev, a Russian accused of hacking into the point of sale systems of the Broadway Grill in Washington DC and retail establishments throughout the country between 2009 and 2011. Now,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Everyone is aware of the epidemic of hackings of major companies, such as Target, P.F. Chang’s, Neiman Marcus, Michaels, Sally’s Beauty Supply and Goodwill Industries and, as I have repeatedly warned you, these hackings will only increase in frequency in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Most people are familiar with Goodwill Industries, a network of agencies that sell donated clothing and household items at their stores around the country and use the proceeds of the sales to pay for job training and other community service programs. The parent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Even paranoids have enemies and regular readers of this blog/website are aware that, due to security issues, I strongly advise against using a debit card for purchases. I advise that you only use your debit card as an ATM card and even there, you should be careful...
