by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card numbers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 7, 2026 | Scam of the day
Reproduced below is a very convincing phishing email sent by scammers posing as the Social Security Administration that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link that purports to provide a statement of your Social Security benefits. However, if you were to click...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2026 | Scam of the day
The Anne Arundel County Maryland Police Department has issued a warning about scammers posing as bank fraud department employees calling their targeted victims and using psychology skills that Freud would have envied convince their victims that their debit card or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
For years identity thieves and scammers would use skimmers installed at ATMs and on card processing equipment such as at gas pumps (where this is still a problem) and at retail checkouts to steal the debit or credit card information from the magnetic strip on the card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Imposter scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
