by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 29, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. According to recently released FBI figures the amount of money lost to victims of this scam doubled in 2018 from the previous year to a record 1.2 billion...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
I first warned you about a variation of this particular scam in June of 2017 and again last summer and now it has resurfaced again with a slight new twist. The 2018 version of this scam involved local church members receiving what appeared to be emails from their...
by admin | Sep 20, 2018 | Scam of the day
Popular computer parts company Newegg has just announced that it suffered a data breach between August 14th and September 18th in which it appears that the hackers were able to steal all of the information entered by Newgg’s online customers which would include...
