by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2022 | Scam of the day
Social media is incredibly popular and, as I have warned you many times, anything popular with the public will always be popular with scammers and so it was not surprising when a recent report of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicated that in 2021 scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2022 | Scam of the day
Social media is incredibly popular and, as I have warned you many times, anything popular with the public will always be popular with scammers and so it was not surprising when a recent report of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicated that in 2021 scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
According to the old proverb (are there any new proverbs?) the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The truth of this proverb has been proved recently by a number of scammers who are placing advertisements on your social media sites offering a wide variety of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
Time and time again, the way in which major online attacks on government agencies, companies and all of us as individuals begin is through a spear phishing email. Phishing emails are emails that are sent to lure you into providing information or clicking on links in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 7, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Many people may not remember the name of Mavis L. Wanczyk, but she was the lucky winner of a 758 million dollar Powerball drawing in 2017. Not long after she claimed her prize, a scam started appearing in which many people received an email with the message line...
