by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 30, 2019 | Scam of the day
Scammers are calling older Americans on the phone and telling them that they qualify for free medical equipment such as back braces, knee braces or other durable medical equipment. They tell the seniors that all they need to do is to provide their Medicare number to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 29, 2019 | Scam of the day
Looking for love and romance are basic human drives and scammers take advantage of this with numerous romance scams. Most of these online dating and romance scams involve some variation of the person you meet through an online dating site quickly falling in love with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2019 | Scam of the day
Craigslist is a popular place to go for people looking for a home to rent. It is also a popular place for scammers to place phony ads to cheat unsuspecting victims. Scammers place phony listings and trick people into wiring money as a security deposit or rent for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. According to recently released FBI figures the amount of money lost to victims of this scam doubled in 2018 from the previous year to a record 1.2 billion...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 26, 2019 | Scam of the day
Working at home sounds very appealing. Years ago, stuffing envelopes was a common work at home scam. The range of work at home scams is constantly changing and evolving, but the result is always the same – rarely are these work at home schemes legitimate nor do they...
