by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
The phrase “canaries in the coal mine” refer to the practice years ago of bringing canaries into coal mines because they were sensitive to small amounts of dangerous carbon dioxide and were useful in recognizing early the presence of dangerous carbon...
by admin | May 29, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing emails, and the more personally tailored spear phishing emails are the most common way that people and companies are tricked into downloading malware such as ransomware or keystroke logging malware used to steal information from the victim for purposes of...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I have been warning you for years about scammers posing as IRS agents demanding immediate payment of overdue taxes by credit card, prepaid debit card or wired funds. Often the scammers threaten their victims with criminal charges, deportation or loss of a...
by admin | Sep 28, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes right from my own email account although many people are reporting receiving the same email. It appears to be from iTunes and indicates that in order to continue to use iTunes, I must verify information in my account. The email is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing is a common start to many scams. Phishing occurs when you respond to an email that appears to be from a legitimate company with which you do business only to learn that the official looking communication was a counterfeit, the sole purpose of which was to...
