by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
Recently, Allegheny County District Attorney issued a warning about increased check fraud. According to District Attorney Stephen Zappala, citing U.S. Treasury Department statistics, check fraud increased 365% since the pandemic with the amount of money lost each...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
What is old is new again. Many people continue to pay their household bills by paper checks rather than electronic banking and even when shopping, some people prefer paying by check instead of using a credit card or cash. While there has been much discussion in the...
by admin | Jun 16, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Crystal Candiece Cooper recently pleaded guilty in California to stealing mail and using the stolen mail for purposes of identity theft. At her sentencing, scheduled for September 12th she faces a prison sentence of as long as thirty years. Identity theft is a high...
by admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity theft is a high tech, low tech and no tech crime and while we often tend to focus our attention on high tech identity theft tactics such as spear phishing, no tech tactics such as fishing for mail with a plastic bottle covered in glue that is lowered into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity theft can be high tech, low tech or no tech and although much attention is often focused on computer phishing schemes, malware and other high tech methods of turning you into a victim of identity theft, low tech and no tech methods of identity theft can be...
