by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
Summer and the lifting of many Coronavirus restrictions around the country are resulting in more people taking to the roads. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about the dangers presented by skimmers on gas pumps. I have warned you about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
For years I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers installed on gas pumps. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2019 | Scam of the day
The technology behind the chip credit card was intended to eliminate much of the credit card and debt card fraud that was formerly easy to accomplish with the older magnetic strip credit and debit cards which contained all of the account information on the magnetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, one in which retailers often lure shoppers with tremendous bargains. Criminals do the same thing. On the Dark Web, that part of the...
by admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. A skimmer steals all of the information from old style magnetic strip credit card or debit cards which then enables the identity...
