by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 1, 2019 | Scam of the day
While fishing season may be limited in some places, phishing season always is going on and today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email that purports to be from American Express. It was brought to my attention by a Scamicide reader who received it and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was just yesterday in the Scam of the day, that I warned you about various phishing emails. Today’s Scam of the day is a well written, but totally bogus example of such a phishing email that attempts to lure you into clicking on links in order to continue...
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. | Jun 18, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written many times about ransomware because it continues to be a major problem to business, governments and individuals alike. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
Through the joint efforts of law enforcement agencies in the United States, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine an international crime gang based primarily in Russia has been busted with ten of its members being charged with a variety of offenses in the...
