by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 9, 2021 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the popular stock trading app Robinhood disclosed that it had suffered a data breach the previous week in which personal information of approximately seven million of its customers was compromised. Fortunately for the large majority of people whose...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 26, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have warned you for years about impersonation scams in which scammers call you on the phone posing, for example, as the IRS, the Social Security Administration or companies with which you do business and try to lure you into either making an immediate payment to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can be high tech, low tech or no tech. Stealing mail from mailboxes for purposes of identity theft has been done by identity thieves for years. Numerous times over the last ten years I have warned you about the danger of having your mail, such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason for this is that you get greater email privacy...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
The annual open enrollment period for Medicare will begin on October 15th and continue until December 7th. This is the only time during the year that people enrolled in Medicare can change their Medicare health plans, Medigap plans and prescription drug plans. By...
