by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
I am sure by now all of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, most commonly a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a...
by admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The emergency email scam continues to snare unwary victims despite much discussion in the news of this type of scam. It starts when you get an email describing a dire emergency that a friend or relative has encountered, generally in a foreign country, that requires...
by admin | Mar 20, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The emergency email scam continues to snare unwary victims despite much discussion of this particular scam in the news. It starts when you get an email describing a dire emergency that a friend or relative has encountered, generally in a foreign country, that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 10, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Over the past couple of years I have written more than eight times about variations of what has come to be known as the Grandparent scam although this scam is not limited to grandparents. The scam starts with a phone call or email from a grandchild, other relative or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 12, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam came from an email that I received earlier today. It appeared to come from a friend of mine whose name I recognized. The email, which I copied below, is a bad example of a type of scam that has been effectively done through emails, Facebook...
