by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the past I have told you about scammers increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often the scammers either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one I first warned you about in the Scam of the day for March 3, 2023, but it is still being effectively used by scammers. I have warned you numerous times about scams in which you receive a phony invoice that appears to come from a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2024 | Scam of the day
Most scams follow long established patterns, but as time goes on and technology evolves these scams evolve into new forms. The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
Alexa is tremendously helpful for so many things. If you need to know the score of last night’s baseball game, if you want to know what the weather will be today or even to turn down your thermostat. for you. And it is not just Alexa. Siri or Google Home...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the past I have told you about scammers increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often the scammers either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search...