by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
Identity thieves seeking to hack your computer to steal your passwords and other credentials for your online accounts have started using a new technique to persuade their victims into giving the cybercriminal access to their computers. This new technique involves...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a study in which they warned about a large surge in computer screen sharing scams in which the scammers convince their victims to allow remote access to their computers through programs...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
In a sad story out of Elmwood Park, Illinois,Jamil Quandah lost his entire life savings when scammers convinced Quandah to give them remote access to his bank account and Home Equity Credit Line which they promptly drained leaving Quandah penniless. The scam started...