by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about this particular scam preying upon home buyers for four years, however due to the current Coronavirus pandemic this scam has gotten worse. Scammers have been quick to take advantage of so much of home buying and selling during this...
by admin | Jan 22, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
An effective new phishing email scam is presently circulating that is targeting users of Gmail. It starts when you receive an email that appears to be sent from the email address of one of your real friends and, in fact, the email may have been sent from a...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday Marcel Lehel Lazar, who used the alias, Guccifer, was sentenced to 52 months in prison after previously having pleaded guilty in May to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized computer access in federal court in Virginia. As part of a plea agreement,...
by admin | Feb 23, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
After pleading guilty to a charge of felony computer hacking, 29 year old Andrew Helton of Portland Oregon is facing a sentence of up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on June 2nd. Between March 2011 and Mary 2013, Helton used a phishing scheme to steal the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Guccifer, the alias of an infamous Romanian hacker whose real name is Marcel Lazar Lehel was sentenced two days ago for his hacking activities which involved many famous people including Steve Martin, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, John Dean, Mariel Hemingway, Lorne...