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Scams come in many different forms, but the end result is always the same. The goal of any scam is to take something of worth from someone using false pretensions. Most often that something is money. One popular scam is for the thief to “social engineer” a way of having a consumer wire them funds through Western Union. Read More
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emailHacking Humans is Easier Than Hacking Computers
Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 by Nikki Junker
Oftentimes thieves find that hacking humans is easier than hacking computers. It is called social engineering and it has been happening long before Identity theft was a buzz word or computers ever existed!