by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 12, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Almost every day brings a new Facebook scam and with good reason. They work. The latest involves a post from a “friend” that says that it provides a link to a video of a horrific roller coaster accident that in various posts has occurred in either...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 11, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As Spring rapidly approaches, you can be sure that we are likely to start seeing a common Spring scam dealing with driveway repair. This scam generally starts with the appearance of a paving contractor at your doorstep who informs you that he has been doing paving...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 10, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The answer to the question about why scammers are drawn to Facebook is the same answer to the question posed to a bank robber as to why he robbed banks. Because that is where the money or in the case of Facebook, the victims and money can be found. The latest...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The power of the internet and social media was never more apparent than this week when a documentary video about atrocities committed by a Ugandan warlord was posted on YouTube and quickly went viral with more than 41 million people watching the video. This huge...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Work at home scams have been part of the arsenal of scammers for many years and with good reason. They work – at least for the scammer. Recently there has been an upsurge of work at home scams, many of which appear on line on sites such as Craigslist where you...
