Category: Scams

Why Do People Fall for Scams? By Judy Heft

Why Do People Fall for Scams?

Why do people fall for scams? Scams are as old as the human condition. Research has suggested that might be due to a biological explanation, but psychologists have been studying people’s responses to scams and potential scams — and the results offer insights that may help prevent people from falling… Continue Reading..
Criminals Didn’t Take Memorial Day off this Year By Judy Heft

Criminals Didn’t Take Memorial Day off this Year

Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for me, with calls from banks and clients investigating and asking about potential fraud. First I got a call from someone at Citibank asking about some checks that were presented for large sums on a client’s account. They wanted to know if they… Continue Reading..
Your Security Is Just Two Steps Away By Judith Heft

Your Security Is Just Two Steps Away

In a cloak-and-dagger caper reaching from Eastern Europe to the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, the nation and the world witnessed the most highly publicized case of phishing ever to come to light. It was during last year’s presidential campaign when 10 years of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman,… Continue Reading..

Landlords and Tenants Beware: Someone May Be Reading Your Emails

In the beginning of August, one of my clients began renting a property to a new tenant. We set up a system where the rent would be deposited into a certain account at XYZ Bank, and my client proceeded to go back to her home in Europe. Not long after… Continue Reading..