by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Many people are eagerly awaiting their next round of Coronavirus related stimulus payments as provided for in the recently passed American Rescue Plan. Of course, scammers are taking advantage of this and have recently been sending out phishing emails that appear to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 18, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like this: (image: Sophos) The message will have a link and what appears to be a video, which many people would be tempted to click on out of a concern that the video may...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason is that you get greater email privacy when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2020 | Scam of the day
What was old is new again and so it is particularly fitting that on the first day of the new year, we look at a recent scam about which I warned you three times back in 2017, namely ransomware attacks on medical care facilities that perform cosmetic surgery. In 2017...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
Not surprisingly Zoom was the most downloaded app of 2020. Zoom’s ability to enable people to virtually communicate, both for business and personal purposes, has been of tremendous value during the Coronoavirus pandemic. However, as always, anything popular...
