by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2022 | Scam of the day
The federal government has warned business leaders to be ready for inevitable cyberattacks during the Christmas and New Year period. Many times in recent years, major cyberattacks and data breaches occurred over the holidays when businesses, government agencies and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 1, 2022 | Scam of the day
Shopping on Amazon is extremely popular both with consumers and scammers seeking to exploit Amazon’s popularity. I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send various types of phishing emails which purport to be from Amazon attempting to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 15, 2022 | Scam of the day
Scams involving utility bills for electric, water or gas services have long been popular with scammers. Utilities United Against Scams, a consortium of more than 100 American and Canadian utility companies has designated November 16th as National Utility Scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
With 2.85 billion users of Facebook, it is no surprise that scammers and identity thieves often use Facebook as the hook for scams and phishing emails which purport to be from Facebook that attempt to lure you into either clicking on links which can download malware,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 23, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the jury duty scam for ten years, but it continues to snare many unwary victims. This scam has been used effectively for years by scammers to con people out of their money or make them a victim of identity theft. The scam starts with a...
