by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written numerous times in the past about the theft of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unwary customers. Recently there has been a dramatic increase in the stealing of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unsuspecting airline customers who...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for seven years, but recently the FBI has warned people about a new twist on this old scam. The scam starts with a telephone call informing the person answering the phone that a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 3, 2019 | Scam of the day
More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their attention on these students and former students through scams that falsely promise to provide...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
While just about everyone is aware of the term “phishing” which is the name for a scam in which you are contacted through an email luring you to either click on a malware infected link in the email or provide personal information that will be used to make...
