by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Scam of the day, Senior Scams, Student Scams
Scammers will stage automobile accidents in many ways, such as slamming on their brakes while driving in front of you without giving you an opportunity to stop, causing you to hit them from behind. Generally, the scammers will have phony witnesses to bolster their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Charity Scams, Investment Scams, Scam of the day
Scammers are nothing if not enterprising and they will take advantage of the charitable impulses people may have following a natural disaster, such as the Tsunami in Japan or Hurricane Katrina to set up phony charities to separate you from your money. Sometimes you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day
Have you ever won a contest you never even entered? Think about it. Yet, many people fall prey to emails or faxes telling them that they have won free trips. Unfortunately, these free trips come with fine print hidden fees that turn your trip into a costly trip to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Charity Scams, Investment Scams, Scam of the day
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the scam itself is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Con. At that time a letter was sent to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Charity Scams, Investment Scams, Scam of the day
This is another scam that has been around for many years, but keeps popping up and scamming unsuspecting victims taken in both by their lack of skepticism and the abundance of greed, which is a profitable combination for scam artists. Pyramid schemes are disguised as...
