Welcome to scam year 2023 2023 is but a few weeks old and scam robocalls and scam messages continue to proliferate. Scammers are producing more believable ways to get people to hand over their money. They relentlessly want our personal information and, ultimately, our money. …

If you are like most Americans, you have been plagued by incessant scam robocalls. The FCC could quickly stop at least 60% of these scam robocalls in an hour. But instead of taking real action, the FCC created the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. …

It’s been a year since I wrote The 5 Best Information Security Books of 2021, which was preceded by The Best Information Security Books of 2020 and The Best Information Security Books of 2019. …

It’s the gold rush crypto scammers Last week’s cover story of The Economist noted that the collapse of FTX dealt a catastrophic blow to crypto’s reputation and aspirations. In early November, cryptocurrency exchange FTX was the third largest in the world and was valued at $32 billion. Today, there is nothing left of FTX but 1…

Instagram is a scammers paradise Spend some time on Instagram, and you will find two things: people love to share pictures of their cats, and there are a lot of scammers on the platform. Scammers love Instagram as an endless stream of victims can be a veritable cash cow. Two of the main scammer types…

From small events, big things one day come There are countless events in world history where small, seemingly insignificant events would later have significant global repercussions. Perhaps one of the most notable was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to World War 1. In the aviation sector, Air New Zealand (ANZ) announced a long-haul flight as…

Medicare annual open enrollment period The holiday season will soon be upon us. While people storm Walmart on Black Thursday, the robocall scammer call centers in Bangalore will also be storming around Medicare scams. Medicare is a veritable goldmine for fraudsters, and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is October 15…

A pediatrician I know told me that after nearly 25 years in the field, he could accurately make a diagnosis within 2 minutes with 90% accuracy. Naturally, he still has to do a complete workup and examination, in addition to calming down the often nervous and anxious parents. Similarly, when…

Task force or punting about the scam robocall crisis? Earlier this month, a seemingly fantastic event occurred. State attorneys generals from all 50 states established a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. …