by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
Many of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, either a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a far away place. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 25, 2020 | Scam of the day
Young people have been using fake IDs in order to buy liquor or to get into clubs for many, many years, however, now in the Internet age, obtaining a fake ID carries tremendous risks of being scammed or becoming a victim of identity theft. It has been estimated that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 24, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just released its annual report detailing the most common types of scams in 2019. The report also provides information about the FTC’s refund programs to consumers victimized by scams in 2019. Starting with the good news,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
People are receiving phony text messages and emails that appear to come from Federal Express informing them of a pending delivery. Some of the messages contain your name, while others are oddly addressed to “mate.” The email or text message contains a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 22, 2020 | Scam of the day
We all remember the massive 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack that affected computers in 74 countries including the UK where its entire health care system was affected. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through...
