by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 30, 2020 | Scam of the day
As I first reported to you in January of 2017, Western Union, which provides money wiring services around the world settled fraud charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Justice Department and a number of states’ Attorneys General. Under the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
Counterfeit check scams take many different forms, but their most common form is where you are provided a check, under a wide variety of pretenses, for more than you would be paid and asked to wire the difference to the person giving you the check. The check is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to people who were scammed by Renaissance Health Publishing , LLC into buying its worthless pain supplement Isoprex that it advertised as a “miracle” cure for muscle and joint pain, headaches, arthritis, joint...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 27, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for January 19, 2020 I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing multi-level marketer “Success By Health” and its executives alleging that the company operated an illegal pyramid scheme. The United States Federal Court...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
Dropbox is a popular service that enables you to store photos, documents and other information in the cloud. I recently received an email from someone whose name I did not recognize that purported to include a document stored in Dropbox. I was instructed to click on...