by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are a common occurrence which is disturbing because they can readily lead to your identity being stolen or you becoming a victim of a scam as the hackers leverage the data they steal to lure you into a scam. Farmers Insurance announced it has suffered a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are a common occurence which is disturbing because they can readily lead to your identity being stolen or you becoming a victim of a scam as the hackers leverage the data they steal to lure you into a scam. Credit reporting agency TransUnion is the...
by admin | Sep 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
The effective date of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, passed by Congress in May is almost upon us and with it will come the ability of consumers to freeze and unfreeze their credit reports for free. Come September 21st you will be...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Scam of the day
In the time since the massive Equifax data breach many consumers have frozen their credit reports at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, which is the single best thing you can do to protect yourself from identity theft. Recently, as a part of a banking deregulation law...
