by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
For a couple of years, people have been receiving extortion emails in which the intended victim is told that his or her computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. They threaten to send the videos to people on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I wrote about police in South Carolina warning people about a scam involving the dating app, Plenty Of Fish. Plenty of Fish, which has been around since 2003 is a popular online dating site used by about 3.5 million people every day. According to police,...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
Scams are constantly evolving and turning up in different incarnations. In fact, the Nigerian email scam of today can be traced back to a scam operated during the 1500s which has come to be known as the Spanish Prisoner Scam. Today’s scam of the day has been...
by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On June 5th I reported to you about the data breach at a Lithuanian cosmetic surgery clinic and now we have learned about a similar, but significantly different data breach suffered by prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Zain Kadri whose patients include...
by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the last month I have told you about the hacking exploits of a group of hackers who call themselves thedarkoverlord. In May, nine episodes of the popular Netflix original series, “Orange is the New Black” were posted by them on a publicly available...
