by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Bakersfield, California Police Department recently issued the following warning on its Twitter account: “We have received reports of community members being asked to donate to the Shop with a Cop program via phone calls. We have confirmed this is not coming...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2019 | Scam of the day
Proofpoint, a cybersecurity company has issued its 2019 Domain Fraud Report and the conclusions are disturbing. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/white-papers/domain-fraud-report Proofpoint found that malicious fraudulent domains increased by 11% in 2018 and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 14, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today is the beginning of Amazon Prime Day. I say the beginning because Amazon Prime Day actually extends from July 15th into July 16th as well. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon Prime...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2019 | Charity Scams, Scam of the day
Being in debt is a difficult situation faced by many people. Unfortunately, it can be made much worse when debtors are targeted by unscrupulous scammers posing as debt relief specialists steal from the people in debt. Recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2019 | Scam of the day
Buying a gift card as a gift is both an easy way to purchase a gift for someone and a good way to make sure that the gift is something that the receiver of the gift can actually use and enjoy. It definitely is a win-win situation. However, scammers are always ready...
