by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 29, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday, the Consumer Sentinel Network, which compiles data received from many federal agencies that deal with scams and other fraud released its annual report which again showed the number one scam in America continues to be identity theft. Also high on the list...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Everyone is on Facebook and that includes scammers. A common scam that utilizes Facebook to scam its victims involves a notice on your Facebook page promising to lead you to something that many people would be interested in. The most recent incarnation of this scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although this scam is by no means new, it is having a bit of a resurgence lately with recent reports of the scam reappearing in nineteen states. Law enforcement believes that many of the scammers inflicting this scam upon unwary grandparents are located overseas. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Whatever is in the news is always fodder for scammers. Whether it is scams that lure people in with claims of photographs of Osama Bin Laden following his fatal shooting or photographs of Whitney Houston dead in her bathtub, scammers always manage to appeal to our...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The FBI is warning people about a new scam in which people who have either posted their resume on line looking for work or responded to an on line advertisements for employment are contacted by scammers claiming to be a research company seeking to hire the unwary...