by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Better Business Bureau is a very trusted institution which is why their name is often exploited by scammers. For the fifth time in the last six months there has recently been a new wave of phishing scams involved with the Better Business Bureau’s name. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 31, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing occurs when an identity thief lures you through a phony email that purports to be from a legitimate company to a bogus website that looks like the website of the legitimate company that the scammers pretend to be. The website requries you to provide personal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Even though he has only been dead for a short time, former Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi lives on in the world of scams. An email making the rounds that appears in form to be quite similar to the common Nigerian Letter scam is now being found in an email presently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 6, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This is the most recent variation of a familiar scam in which you receive an email or a text message telling you that you are lucky enough to have just won a $1,000 Walmart gift card. I have received this very scam just yesterday with many other people receiving...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Facebook / Social Networking Scams, Identity Theft, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Phishing occurs when an identity thief lures you through a phony email that purports to be from a bank, another legitimate company or even the IRS or other governmental agency to a phony website that looks like the website of that legitimate company, but actually is...
