by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 31, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have good news and bad news for you today about the U.S. mail. While some politicians have expressed doubt about the security of mail-in ballots, there is no significant evidence to support those doubts. That is the good news. Unfortunately, the bad news is that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2020 | Scam of the day
The 2020 presidential election is in high gear and both former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump are actively fund raising. Scammers are taking advantage of the public’s interest in the presidential election to make robocalls in which they pose as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of the scammers is a major problem. Tech support scams are increasingly common and victimize consumers 60 years or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
As we have seen far too well during the Coronavirus pandemic, scammers are quite capable of taking whatever is happening in society and turning it into an opportunity to scam people. Natural disasters such as hurricane Laura which recently devastated parts of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 27, 2020 | Scam of the day
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage much of the world, recently there has been cause for some hope due to reports that companies such as Moderna and others working on vaccines to fight the Coronavirus are making significant progress toward having such a...