by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 21, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Three women have been arrested this week in San Francisco in a scam that has been targeting older Chinese women in San Francisco and other major cities throughout the country with sizeable Chinese populations such as Boston and New York. However, even though this...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 20, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On May 8th’s “scam of the day” I warned you about the Jamaican lottery scam. For the past few years Jamaica has become a center for telemarketing scams, particularly phony lottery scams. As usual, you are told that you have won a lottery that you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 19, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Memorial Day is rapidly approaching and with it will come a unique number of Memorial Day related scams. Scammers are always timely and whatever has your attention, also has the attention of scammers, whether it is a natural disaster, the death of a celebrity or a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 18, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Skechers is a shoe manufacturer that in 2010 alone made almost a billion dollars selling fitness shoes that it claimed could help people lose weight, strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles although there is no evidence that these expensive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
There is no scam like an old scam and one that is making a new resurgence is a scam in which you receive a call, email or letter informing you of the importance of having a copy of the deed to your home. Often these scammers will charge you up to $90 to obtain a...