by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, one in which retailers often lure shoppers with tremendous bargains. Criminals do the same thing. On the Dark Web, that part of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Scams involving the scammers being paid through gift cards have increased dramatically recently. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the first nine months of 2015 only 7% of scams involved payments through gift cards while this year during the first...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s scam of the day is one that is with us throughout the year, but becomes much more common during the holiday shopping season. It involves package deliveries from UPS, Federal Express or other delivery services and has a number of different variations. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today is Black Friday, which traditionally is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. This fact is not lost on scammers who will be as pervasive as ever. Over the next few weeks, I will be focusing the Scams of the day on the many holiday season scams about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today is Thanksgiving and many people have already turned their attention to the upcoming holiday shopping season that starts in earnest tomorrow. For many of us, shopping online is both more convenient and often more economical than shopping at a brick and mortar...
