by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
For years identity thieves and scammers would use skimmers installed at ATMs and on card processing equipment such as at gas pumps (where this is still a problem) and at retail checkouts to steal the debit or credit card information from the magnetic strip on the card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2024 | Scam of the day
As we all know by now, skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from old style magnetic strip credit card or debit cards which...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scammers are getting pre-paid Visa cards and other types of gift cards in stores and then going to the self-checkout machines and entering their card and the amount of money they want to load on to the card, but then leave without completing or closing out the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
Ordering food online for delivery was somewhat popular prior to the pandemic, but really took off during the pandemic when people wanted restaurant food without having to go to a restaurant. Many restaurants have taken advantage of this interest and set up websites...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 12, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico returned indictments of eight people accused of operating a debit card scam in which they visited elderly clients of a local bank posing as either federal agents or officers of the bank and told their victims that their...
