by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 11, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
By now, most people are aware of the scam tactic referred to as “phishing,” by which you receive an email purportedly from a legitimate company or government agency that has all of the appearances of being a true and legitimate communication from the company or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Political candidates derive much of their strategy from the information they obtain from telephone surveys so it is not surprising that you may receive a telephone call from a company taking a survey on behalf of a particular candidate. Even if you are on the federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 3, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Playing online video games is a popular pastime, but it also can lead to identity theft if you do not protect yourself. Many multiplayer online games are connected to cerdit card accounts that can make the players vulnerable as we have seen with the major data breach...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 25, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is a relatively easy matter for someone to hack into the Facebook account of one of your friends. The hacker then sends you a message with a link that you trust because it appears to be coming from one of your friends. The link then takes you to a phony phishing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 11, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On March 31st in my scam of the day I told you about the hacking into credit card payment processor Global Payments that compromised the security of millions of credit card holders. For those of you who were affected by this scam, you should be contacted by the bank...
