by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 15, 2020 | Scam of the day
Nine people were recently arrested and charged with 700 smash and grab thefts that lead to a thousand incidents of identity theft at a cost of more than 1.5 million dollars stolen. Smash and grab is the term used to describe when criminals break into cars and steal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous effect on the entertainment world with movie theaters shuttered until recently and concerts cancelled. Enterprising musical artists have done a number of free online concerts which have been hardily welcomed by their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 13, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, reports are resurfacing of increased instances of the car wrap scam which has been around for a few years. We have all seen car wraps, which are advertisements for a company wrapped around a car. For someone looking for some...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 11, 2020 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS or...
