by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
A new scam presently circulating starts wiwth an email with a subject line of “Formal Interview Invitation” with the email being a request for an interview from a writer purportedly doing a story about a mentor of the person receiving the email. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
For many people, working from home at a simple job that pays well is pretty attractive, which may explain why people are vulnerable to a scam offering to pay you to be a product tester for Amazon. Ads for Amazon product tester are found on social media such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 21, 2023 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is a very popular business and employment social media account so it is not surprising that it is often targeted by scammers as anything popular with many people will be popular with scammers. In fact last year LinkedIn was the most abused brand used in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is a popular social media website used by business professionals to network with other professionals. According to LinkedIn, it has more than 645 million users. LinkedIn is used by these people to get ideas, explore opportunities and even to list job...
by admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which will download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing...