by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 3, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about various cryptocurrency scams since 2014 and they only appear to be getting worse. The most recent cryptocurrency scam involves an AI created deepfake video that is turning up on TikTok that appears to show Elon Musk being interviewed on Fox...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2023 | Scam of the day
The Hattiesburg, Mississippi police department recently issued a warning about increased reports of a scam in which scammers appear to share posts on Facebook buy-sell groups about a missing child. Quite often, people on the buy-sell group will share the post in an...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 22, 2021 | Scam of the day
Costco is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores and is the fifth largest retailer in the world. Due to its popularity, it is not surprising that scammers have recently been using it as a basis for a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
According to a new report recently released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports of the grandparent scam rose to almost 20,000 during a fifteen month period from late 2017 through 2018 at a cost of approximately 42 million dollars which is double the amount...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for seven years, but recently there has been a resurgence of this particular scam around the country. The scam starts with a telephone call informing the person answering the...