by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 10, 2019 | Scam of the day
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who stole 50 billion dollars from unsuspecting victims may be the last person from whom you would accept investing advice, but in fact, his advice, as contained in a 2014 jailhouse interview Madoff gave to the Wall Street Journal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams are among the most common of scams and they cost consumers millions of dollars each year. In the most common variations of this scam, the victim is scammed into responding to a pop-up on his or her computer or a telephone call purportedly from one...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 8, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about this particular scam preying upon home buyers for three years. Earlier this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a warning about the scam and its dramatic increase. The scam targets people involved in the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 7, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the Instagram account of Houston Texans’ wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was hacked and taken over for about nine hours before he was able to regain control of his account. Unfortunately, the hacking not only resulted in the loss of his older...
