by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2023 | Scam of the day
Every year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) releases its list of the biggest scams of the year. 2022 was a banner year for scammers with victims reporting losing 8.8 billion dollars to scams which is a whopping 2.6 billion dollars more than in 2021 and the true...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 7, 2022 | 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. | May 20, 2022 | Scam of the day
Some scams are just so simple and effective that they remind us why scam artists are indeed the only criminals we refer to as artists. An old scam that is still being used effectively by scammers involves a flyer under your door in your hotel or motel room that...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to statistics of FICO, the company that created the credit scoring system used by banks and others to measure credit worthiness, debit card fraud increased by 26% between 2015 and 2016 and my belief is that the problem is going to get worse before it gets...
by admin | Jul 13, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
For the third time in three years, Trump Hotels have been victimized by a major data breach, however, this time the data breach was of Sabre Hospitality Solutions, a reservation booking service used by Trump Hotels. The data breach which occurred between August 2016...
