by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
As we all know, passwords as a method of authentication for your accounts are not particularly secure. Passwords may be stolen or compromised in a data breach. Biometrics such as a finger print are a good tool for verification to open your phone, but what about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 9, 2025 | Scam of the day
PayPal is a popular payment service used successfully by many people particularly when making purchases through eBay. However, because it is so popular with the public, it is also popular with scammers who over the years have created numerous PayPal based scams about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
ParkMobile the popular mobile and web parking payment platform suffered a data breach in 2021 resulting in personal information of 22 million of its users being compromised and then leaked on a Dark Web hacking forum making the information available to anyone...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
As always scammers are opportunists taking advantage of whatever is in the news, particularly if the news creates some sense of emergency and the present government shutdown fits the bill. Scammers are contacting targeted victims by emails, text messages and phone...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
The annual open enrollment period for Medicare begins on October 15th and will end on 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 now,...
