This last week, AT&T notified 73 million of its current customers of a cyber-attack where personal information was found on the dark web. 65.4 million former account holders were also affected. That’s one in five Americans…. Here is what was breached: Social Security Numbers Four-digit pins Perhaps full names, email addresses, mailing address, phone numbers, […]
The daily onslaught of email scams, fake phone calls and door to door cons are overwhelming. It is not just your car warranty any longer.
Do not let your guard down. Deception abounds.
Last night at 10:30pm, I had sleepily turned off the news when the phone rang. At that time of night, my heart stops a little and confusion set in all the more, especially when the caller ID looked as if I was calling myself. Curious, I answered. It was “Microsoft” to tell me that my […]
It does not matter if you are participating in the Do Not Call Registry, receiving multiple scam and telemarketing calls is a daily annoyance. In fact, my phone roared to life with a telemarketing call even as I wrote this post. So, why do scams live? A scam, by definition, is a “confidence game, or other […]
