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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about a scam they call “The Phantom Hacker.” The scam starts with a pop-up on your computer, a text message, email or phone call from the scammer posing as a legitimate tech company informing the victim that here appears...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2023 | 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. | Aug 5, 2023 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers constitute a major problem. Tech support scams are increasingly common and victimize consumers 60...