by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just released the results of a comprehensive survey conducted two years ago regarding consumer fraud. According to the survey approximately 40 million people were fraud victims in 2017 with the most common types of fraud being...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 30, 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. | Oct 29, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Agora Financial, LLC alleging it scammed seniors into buying books, newsletters and other publications that falsely claimed a cure for type 2 diabetes. They also are accused of perpetrating a scam related to a non-existent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 28, 2019 | Scam of the day
Each year, computer security company, McAfee releases a list of the most dangerous celebrities on the Internet. These are people whose popularity is exploited by identity thieves and hackers who lure unsuspecting people through links in emails, social media and text...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Palm Springs California Police Department warned the public this week about a phony kidnapping scam that has been occurring throughout the country. I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for seven years. The scam...
