by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 20, 2019 | Scam of the day
Easter is today and Passover, which goes on for a week, began two days ago. While these holidays are a happy time for people celebrating these holidays, they also are another opportunity for scammers. A common holiday scam involves phony electronic greeting cards...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
It is not surprising that Facebook has been a favorite medium for scammers. Its very popularity and the fact that on Facebook you are communicating with your friends is reason enough for scammers to use Facebook as a platform for scams. There has been a resurgence...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2019 | Scam of the day
A famous bank robber, once responded “because that is where the money is” when asked why he robbed banks. Therefore it should come as no surprise that scam artists the only criminals we call artists, are increasingly targeting the brokerage and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. Being hounded by someone attempting to collect a debt you do not owe is fraud. I have written many times in the past about scammers who use deceptive and abusive collections practices in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
