By Jim Flynne The warm summer months have finally arrived. And if your small business is like many others, you might be noticing that things are slowing down – at least a little bit – as employees, suppliers, customers and other contacts take off on vacation. The summer slowdown presents the perfect opportunity to reassess […]
Some of you may be old enough to remember the AT&T marketing campaign from the mid-1980s that encouraged people to “Reach out and touch someone.” Fraudsters are taking that advice, but instead of “touching” they are scamming small businesses and individuals. And because we’re in the throes of tax season, IRS- and tax-related scams are […]
It’s becoming too easy for criminals to get their hands on your banking information, due to your employees’ ignorance of phishing scams. Malware attacks have soared recently, targeting banks for the purpose of stealing online banking information. Over 200,000 new infections occurred between July and September 2013—the highest jump in the past 11 years, according […]
I’m a huge proponent for making constant improvements and tweaks to offerings so they stay current and adapted to a changing market. I wish honest small business owners were as dedicated to that process as the scammers have proven to be. One of the newest product releases from the Nigerian-Prince-Has-Money-For-You industry is targeted at smaller […]
If you get packages delivered to your business regularly, then this could be an easy scam to fall victim to. Scammers are sending emails posing as the United States Postal Services alerting you about an undelivered package. The email advises you that because they have been unable to deliver your package you should download the […]