by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the dangers of ransomware for five years, but today’s ransomware story involves the first reported incident where a ransomware attack has actually resulted in a fatality. A hospital in Germany was forced to turn away patients...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
During the social distancing and quarantining that has become the hallmark of the Coronavirus pandemic, deliveries by UPS, Federal Express, Amazon and others have become the primary way many of us are doing all or almost all of our shopping. Scammers are always...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 2, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the dangers of ransomware for five years, but today’s ransomware story has a different twist to it. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
Shopping on Amazon is extremely popular both with consumers and scammers seeking to exploit Amazon’s popularity. I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send various types of phishing emails which purport to be from Amazon attempting to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 9, 2020 | Scam of the day
I first started telling you about coronavirus phishing scams on February 8th. Today, I am warning you again because scammers have dramatically increased the number of phishing scams using the Coronavirus as a hook to lure people into providing personal information or...
