It should come as no shock to you that internet, computer and Wi-Fi scams are on the increase. Your favorite coffee house or the lobby of a hotel/motel or the local public library, where ever you find yourself using the internet in “public,” this may be a train wreck waiting to happen.
Some people (scam artists) are out to get into your computer in order to steal your personal information by setting up their own Internet or Wi-Fi networks in those locations. When you log in you get the scam network rather than the trusted network of the library/coffee house/hotel/etc that you intended.
Once you are connected, the scam artist has access to your data and the scam is on. They can get into your bank, stock account and can see your password data and clean you out, including your bank and stock account, run up big bills on your credit cards and if they want, cancel your insurance.
Make sure that the internet network is legit and that it is protected by the facility, usually with a password. When in doubt, ASK.
