by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
With 2.85 billion users of Facebook, it is no surprise that scammers and identity thieves often use Facebook as the hook for scams and phishing emails which purport to be from Facebook that attempt to lure you into either clicking on links which can download malware,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
Even if everyone doesn’t use them, we are all pretty much familiar with QR Codes such as the one shown below. The Quick Response (QR) code is a two dimensional barcode that can be scanned and read by your cellphone. They have been around since 1994 and like a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2022 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become a part of every day life and their numbers continue to increase. In the first three months of 2022 alone there were 404 major data breaches. The latest major data breach involves Professional Finance Company (PFC) which operates a debt...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 30, 2022 | 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 for this is that you get greater email privacy...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 10, 2022 | Scam of the day
Shopping on Amazon, has been popular for a long time, but particularly during the continuing pandemic shopping on Amazon has increased dramatically and with so many people shopping on Amazon, scammers are using Amazon as the basis for a variety of scams. According to...
