by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 5, 2012 | Site Related
Wherever people can be found, you will find scammers looking for victims which is why you must be particularly vigilant when you use ever-popular social media such as Facebook and Twitter. I continue to alert you to new scams arising on these and other social media...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 24, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Bernie Madoff, the foremost Ponzi schemer in history is now serving the third year of his 150 year sentence in a federal prison in North Carolina. His victims, many of whom lost their entire life savings have continued to feel the pain of his criminal acts However,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 21, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Often it seems that the teenaged and even younger members of your family know more about computers than the adults do; and maybe they do. However, unfortunately, they are also less security conscious and more susceptible to downloading malware such as keystroke...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 12, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scammers certainly have no ethics when it comes to determining their victims. A new scam that is now appearing involves the spouse of a deployed soldier being contacted by an email indicating that the spouse needs to wire funds in order to cover the cost of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phony lotteries have long been a staple of scammers and the Olympics have already given scammers an opportunity to scam people through emails that appear to come from legitimate companies, such as Coca Cola that are also advertisers at the Olympics. The phony emails...