by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2026 | Scam of the day
American Consumer Credit Counseling, Inc. (“ACCC”) a non-profit credit counseling agency suffered a data breach recently experienced a data breach on Jan. 29, 2025, in which a cybercriminal gained access to ACCC’s computer systems and acquired copies of files...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 1, 2026 | Scam of the day
Every season is scam season and every day provides unique opportunity for scam artists, the only criminals that we call artists, to try to scam us out of our hard earned money. Here are a few scams that you should be aware of that are related to the upcoming Fourth...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 30, 2026 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is warning people about a scam which begins when you get a letter from a law firm informing you that they are probating an estate in which they have not been able to locate an heir, however, they then inform you that you are the heir to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 25, 2026 | Scam of the day
People are reporting receiving calls that purport to be from Apple’s Special Investigations Unit telling them that illegal child pornography has been discovered on their cloud account. The phony investigator is sympathetic when you inform them that you never...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
Big box wholesaler Costco is extremely popular with more than 63 million members and anything popular with the public is also going to be popular with scammers. Imposter scams where scammers generate massive numbers of emails posing as Costco informing the targeted...