In a first for phishing scams, a new scam targeting hundreds-and-thousands of Americans availing of child support and employment benefits was uncovered across the country last week. The scam takes advantage of the fact that such benefits are beings disbursed through convenient services like the EPPICard and the EBT Card which require use of magnetic cards. It immediately puts at risk, residents of 15 states where such services are gratefully used. Overseas criminals, possibly Romanians, are thought to be behind the scam. In Mississippi and... read full review »