by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the IRS’ poor record when it comes to preventing tax identity theft where identity thieves steal the names of Social Security numbers of their victims and then file phony federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 9, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Amar Singh and his wife Neha Punjani-Singh were sentenced to prison for their role in a thirteen million dollar identity theft ring that operated in the United States with help from abroad between July and November of 2011. The Singhs were only two of a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may be familiar with the scam of “cramming” where unauthorized charges are added to your phone bill. Often due to phone bills being so lengthy and confusing, people may not spot small recurring bills for services that they do not recognize and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The convenience of looking for a job online is somewhat balanced by the ease with which scammers can exploit this process to steal money from you or make you a victim of identity theft. Merely because you find a job listing on a legitimate job site, such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 3, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Playing online video games is a popular pastime, but it also can lead to identity theft if you do not protect yourself. Many multiplayer online games are connected to cerdit card accounts that can make the players vulnerable as we have seen with the major data breach...
