by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2026 | Scam of the day
The most effective scams take advantage of legitimate situations. Many people have gotten legitimate messages from Apple telling them that their iCloud storage under their present plan is full. If your iCloud storage is full you can still save your photos and videos...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2026 | Scam of the day
For years identity thieves and scammers would use skimmers installed at ATMs and on card processing equipment such as at gas pumps (where this is still a problem) and at retail checkouts to steal the debit or credit card information from the magnetic strip on the card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and, as such, has long been attractive to scammers seeking to piggy-back on the sites good reputation. Recently the number of job scams being found on LinkedIn has increased dramatically. A recent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
The annual open enrollment period for Medicare begins on October 15th and will end on December 7th. This is the only time during the year that people enrolled in Medicare can change their Medicare health plans, Medigap plans and prescription drug plans. By now,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
We have all experienced telephone calls where you pick up the phone and there is no one on the other end of the line. This is a scam, but how does it work and how are you harmed? With computers that can be programmed to make massive amounts of telephone calls,...