Like Coronavirus, Tax Crooks Are Always Evolving
Every year, scam artists innovate and the IRS plays catch-up. Don’t get me wrong, the IRS has a diligent fraud unit and they communicate to the public in a clear and concise way. That said, crooks can be frighteningly resourceful and creative — and every tax season...
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...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...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...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 this, the tenant...
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