by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
This is another scam that keeps on returning with slight changes to appear to be something new and even legal, but if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck and a chain letter is easy to spot unless you are blinded by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day
It worked for Charles Ponzi, it worked many years later for Bernie Madoff and it still works today. This scam is as profitable as it is simple. It is a classic pyramid scheme whereby you are promised returns that may appear too good to be true (and indeed that is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day
This scam keeps reoccurring around the country and people still are falling victim to it. It starts when you receive an email from a purported hit man who informs you that he has been hired by someone you know to kill you. However, the hit man then tells you that he...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Computer / Technology Scams, Scam of the day
The tremendous popularity of eBay, the Internet auction website has made it a frequent target of scammers. One of the more common scams that keeps occurring involves the receipt by the victim of an email purporting to be from PayPal informing you that there has been...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Computer / Technology Scams, Facebook / Social Networking Scams, Identity Theft, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
Malware is the term for malicious software that you unwittingly download on your computer when you click on links in emails from scammers or fall prey to phishing and download the program from a phony website to which you were lured in the belief that it was a...
