by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2020 | Scam of the day
Each year the password manager company NordPass does a study of the worst passwords commonly used. These easily discerned passwords make their users particularly vulnerable to identity theft. These passwords become available to identity thieves through data breaches...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 6, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Better Business Bureau is warning people about a phishing scam in which you receive an email or a text message that appears to come from Google Photo informing you that someone is sharing a photo album with you. In order to see the photographs, you need to click...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 23, 2019 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for December 14, 2019 I told you about a Tennessee family who reported the Ring camera installed in the bedroom of their three young girls was hacked and the hackers not only were able to spy on the children, but also actually spoke to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
Some former Netflix subscribers who cancelled their accounts are reporting that they are still being charged for their subscriptions. The problem arises when scammers using the username and passwords of the former Netflix subscribers to log into the canceled accounts...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 18, 2019 | Scam of the day
Sex workers in the Netherlands and their customers use the website Hooker.nl as an online forum. It was recently disclosed that the site had been hacked and personal information of 250,000 sex workers and their customers was stolen. While prostitution is legal in...
