by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for seven years, but recently there has been a resurgence of this particular scam around the country. The scam starts with a telephone call informing the person answering the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently filed criminal charges against investment adviser William Neil “Doc” Gallagher who has been accused by the SEC of operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme in which he victimized mostly elderly...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last seven years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. In one version of the scam which unfortunately involved a Scamicide reader, she was sent an email from a company along with a legitimate...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 18, 2019 | Scam of the day
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is warning citizens about a Social Security related scam that I first warned you about in September of 2018. Scammers are calling people on the phone posing as employees of the Social Security Administration and telling their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
I first warned you about a variation of this particular scam in June of 2017 and again last summer and now it has resurfaced again with a slight new twist. The 2018 version of this scam involved local church members receiving what appeared to be emails from their...
