by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Although the name may not be as familiar as “phishing” which is the name for emails that lure you into clicking on malware infected links or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, “smishing” is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 26, 2021 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails. Particularly since the start of the pandemic many of us, myself included, have been watching a lot of Netflix programming and this has increased the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails and phishing text messages, which are referred to as smishing. Smishing is the name given to text messages that lure you into clicking on links or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 9, 2020 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails and phishing text messages, which are referred to as smishing. Smishing is the name given to text messages that lure you into clicking on links or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails and phishing text messages, which are referred to as smishing. Smishing is the name given to text messages that lure you into clicking on links or...