by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
Gift cards form the basis of many scams, most prominently when scammers posing as government officials such as IRS employees demand payment of phony income taxes through gift cards. However, lost in the many scam uses of gift cards is the value of gift cards as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing is the term for a scam where you are lured to a phony website and either induced into providing personal information to what you think is a legitimate company or even a government agency or persuaded to click on what appears to be a legitimate link only to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 19, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Imagine Andy Williams singing, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and it may be for many people, but it is not so wonderful if you have been scammed by scammers who really do find the holiday shopping season to be the most wonderful time of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2012 | Site Related
Yesterday, a White House spokesman confirmed that a computer network used by the White House Military Office that deals with military support for various White House functions was hacked into last month purportedly by Chinese hackers through the common scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scams can come in on your smartphone as easily as they come in on your computer. A recent scam involves a phony text message purporting to be from Target telling you that you have just won a $1,000 Target gift card. The text message provides a link to a phony...
