by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals and healthcare facilities has disclosed that it has suffered a massive data breach in which personal information including names, email addresses and phone numbers of eleven million of its patients was stolen and recently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2023 | Scam of the day
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to posting too much personal information on social media that can be leveraged by a criminal for purposes of identity theft. During the earlier days of the pandemic many people posted photos of their vaccination...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2023 | Scam of the day
It was just a month ago that I told you about a new scam where scammers lured people into providing their bank account number and bank’s routing number to the scammer under the pretense of needing the information in order to send you a reward for finding a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
Phony text messaging, called smishing, which purport to be from your bank or credit card company is a scam about which I have been warning you for years, but appears to be a scam that is dramatically increasing. According to a recent report from the Federal Trade...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2023 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is a phishing email that appears to come from MetaMask. MetaMask is a software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. The email makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam. Phishing emails, by which...
