by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Political candidates derive much of their strategy from the information they obtain from telephone surveys so it is not surprising that you may receive a telephone call from a company taking a survey on behalf of a particular candidate. Even if you are on the federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 15, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
With the presidential election season in high gear, it is not surprising that identity thieves and scam artists are taking advantage of this to scam people out of their money. One of the more common identity theft schemes involves a call from your city or town clerk...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the IRS’ poor record when it comes to preventing tax identity theft where identity thieves steal the names of Social Security numbers of their victims and then file phony federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 13, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program is a program of the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides funds to eligible veterans for VA approved educational programs. However, scammers are calling veterans and telling them that they have been approved for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 12, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scammers certainly have no ethics when it comes to determining their victims. A new scam that is now appearing involves the spouse of a deployed soldier being contacted by an email indicating that the spouse needs to wire funds in order to cover the cost of...
