by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2024 | Scam of the day
Getting information from the IRS can sometimes be a frustrating experience. Fortunately, the IRS has a program by which you can set up an Online Account with the IRS through which you can access information about your income taxes including your latest payment...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last year worldwide with one hundred hotels in Japan among the most recent targets. The scam starts with a phishing email to a hotel that lures the unsuspecting hotel employee...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week Cancer treatment and research center City of Hope disclosed that it had suffered a data breach affecting 820,000 patients whose personal information was compromised. The data breach occurred between September and October of 2023, but was only...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2024 | Scam of the day
Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. recently announced that it had suffered a data breach in which 28,000 of its customers had their personal information stolen. The information stolen included the names, Social Security numbers, state of residence, bank account...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
This scam starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like this: (image: Sophos) The message will have a link and what appears to be a video, which many people would be tempted to click on out of a concern that the video may be significant,...