by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Even though he has only been dead for a short time, former Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi lives on in the world of scams. An email making the rounds that appears in form to be quite similar to the common Nigerian Letter scam is now being found in an email presently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A growing scam is the stealing of victims’bank accounts by identity thieves. According to the American Bankers Association, this type of scam has increased by 260% in the last two years. One of the more common ways scammers steal your bank account is by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 15, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The name “Pinterest” may not be familiar to you, but it will be. It is a new social media site by which people are able to share or “pin” images of their business logos, business coupons and discounts for marketing purposes to a virtual...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I have said many times, scammers are always resourceful and taking advantage of whatever has captured the public’s imagination. Little has captured the public’s imagination more at this time of year than the NCAA men’s college basketball...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 13, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to a report released yesterday by the FBI, a number of law firms have been victimized by a scam in which the law firm receives an email from an overseas business seeking to hire the law firm to collect debts owed to the overseas company. A standard retainer...