by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 15, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing refunds to victims of a scam operated by a number of defendants doing business under the name of Payless Solutions. Payless Solutions used illegal robocalls to lure unsuspecting victims of their scam into paying between...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2019 | Scam of the day
This scam starts as a text message that offers you $600 per week merely for displaying a small sticker on your car apparently for advertising purposes. If you click on the link contained in the text message it will lead you to instructions as to how to get your...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
Adobe has just issued new security updates for the popular, but intensely flawed Adobe Flash software. Last year Adobe confirmed that it will stop updating and distributing Adobe Flash at the end of 2020 although frankly, it would be wise for you to migrate away from...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 12, 2019 | Scam of the day
The final episode of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was viewed legally by 19.3 million people, however millions more tried to and are continuing to try to illegally download the final episode as well as earlier episodes of the eight year series without...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 11, 2019 | Scam of the day
Looking for love and romance are basic human drives and scammers take advantage of this with numerous romance scams. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2015 8,500 romance scams were reported to the FTC. Last year that number rose to 21,000 and that...