by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
ATM robbery is increasing dramatically. According to FICO Card Alert Service, a company that monitors ATM activity for banks, ATM skimming attacks increased by 546% from 2014 to 2015 and this trend shows no indication of slowing down in 2016. Skimmers are small...
by admin | Apr 18, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Chelmsford Massachusetts police are investigating a skimmer that was found installed on a branch of TD Bank in Chelmsford Massachusetts. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on ATMs and other card reading devices,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Dinu Horvat was convicted of a host of charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in regard to a scheme in which he installed skimmers on ATMs and hidden cameras to observe people using the ATMs as they input their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 12, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Home Depot hacking, which could well end up to be the largest commercial data breach in history continues to evolve. The latest developments involve those people who unwisely used their debit cards for making purchases at Home Depot stores. Although Home Depot...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 9, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A credit freeze is, as the name implies, a freezing of your credit report at your request whereby no one can have access to your credit report even if they have your Social Security number and other personal information about you. You control access to the credit...