by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
The headline of today’s Scam of the day is very precisely worded. FanDuel, the online sports gambling site did not suffer a data breach, however, its customers did. This is because a data breach at Mail Chimp, an email marketing company used by FanDuel to send...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
July 12th is the beginning of Amazon Prime Day. I say the beginning because Amazon Prime Day actually extends from July 12th through July 13th. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon Prime...
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. | Nov 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
In February of this year I told you that Google released a new study that it did in conjunction with researchers at Stanford University in which it studied more than a billion malicious emails targeting gmail users. The study has a number of interesting points that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is a popular social media website used by business professionals to network with other professionals. LinkedIn is used by these people to get ideas, explore opportunities and even to list job postings. Anything popular with so many people is attractive to...
