by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
SIM card swapping is a major problem. A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used to authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as a cell phone. The SIM card is able to be transferred...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
Microsoft is one of the biggest and most profitable companies in the world with a market valuation of close to a trillion dollars so it might seem surprising to many people who are receiving phone calls telling them that Microsoft is going out of business and a judge...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 7, 2019 | Scam of the day
A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used to authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as a cell phone. The SIM card is able to be transferred between different devices, and often is,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
Hawaii Island Police are warning the public about scam phone calls where the caller tells the intended victim of the scam that it is Fire Safety Month and that it is necessary for the caller to come to the home of the intended victim to inspect their smoke alarms. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 12, 2019 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
So many scams start with a phone call, whether it is to sell you phony tech support that you don’t need, trick you into contributing to a phony charity or any other of the myriad of scams that are perpetrated over the phone including many that are illegal...