By Ron Palmer You may be smart, but some scammers are smarter I like to think I’m a pretty savvy dude. I’m the type of guy who won’t fall for a scam, a shady deal or a good old-fashioned shakedown. Frauds and charlatans set off my rip-off radar the moment they use poor sentence structure [...]
It is that time again! Elections… This is the time we get passionate about our beliefs, views and favorite candidates. Time for the politicians to put on a likable facade and try to convince us that they are the best for the job. But it is also the perfect opportunity for scammers to take advantage [...]
Scams and Identity Theft Crimes targeting job seekers are always lurking around and are definitely on the rise. There are scams that are there to just get your money and there are those scams that may lead to Identity Theft. At one point or another in our lives, we all look for a new job [...]
Phishing is automated Identity Theft on steroids. This is the best way I can describe it. Phishing is an attempt to obtain victims’ personal information such as user names, passwords, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, PINs, Social Security Numbers and other extremely sensitive information. The word Phishing has a similar meaning as Fishing, except, [...]
When I decided to move, I, of course, thought that Craigslist is the right place. I must tell you I encountered a lot of Rental Scams there. Since I am absolutely curious, I decided to investigate some of the more common rental scams and see what I can find out. I put my “Nancy Drew” [...]
The other day, probably just like you, I received the “Uniform Traffic Ticket” email. Of course, I knew it was malicious and I never opened the attachment. But I started wondering: How did the spammers get my email address in the place? Have YOU ever noticed that as soon as you create a new email [...]
As with any other post I have written, this one is no different. I draw everything from my own experiences. I did not think of Rental Scams until I actually started looking for a new place. I went on Craigslist.org-one of the biggest classified sites on the web for rentals, sales, jobs, (you name it!) [...]
Happy Holidays! May this season-and always- be filled with love and happiness. I feel it is my responsibility to remind you that the thieves and crooks are more active during the Holidays. We are so happy and excited during this time of the year. I know I am. I have noticed that my email box [...]
With the recent economic downturn and a high unemployment rate, the identity theft crimes targeting job seekers are up by 345% or so. Out of all Identity Theft cases filed with the FTC in 2008, 15% of them were employment related. This is, perhaps, one of the easiest ways to steal someone’s information. People are [...]
It seems we have heard enough about common email scams, but I feel compelled to talk more about it. Scams will continue to exist, because there is market for them. If no one was buying into them, the amount of scam would most likely be reduced. Today, I am getting more scam emails than I [...]
I have recently noticed tons of emails from FBI signed by Robert S. Mueller, III again. The first round of them happened about a year ago and now it is happening again. With all the media attention to this issue, you would think that the scammers would figure out that pretty much everyone out there [...]
In the article Avoid the “Work-At-Home” Scams!, I told you a story about a young man I interviewed for a job for one of my clients. As a recruiter, I interview a lot of people and every one of them has a story. A while ago, I interviewed an individual, let’s call him Mark for [...]
