by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day is a common one. This one involves an email purporting to be from AOL, but similar types of scam email are sent by identity thieves posing as representatives of many other companies. The essence of the email is that the billing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Back to the well of scams that is my email box for today’s scam. I always am particularly happy to find scams in my email box which may sound a bit odd, but really is not when you consider that it lets me know what scams are presently appearing through email. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
AOL customers have been receiving an email that purports to be from the “AOL Verification Team,” the first sentence of which reads exactly as follows: “This E-mail been sent to you by the AOL Verification Team to inform you that your account will be...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 6, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is an unfortunate fact that I never have difficulty coming up with a new scam or identity theft scheme for each day’s “scam of the day.” Often, like today, I merely have to go to the inbox of my email account. Today I found an email where the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam is another from my own email mailbox. Today I received a “Notification” from Delta Airlines that an airline ticket that I bought is available for downloading and printing online by opening the attachment to the email. Unlike many such...