by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 11, 2020 | Scam of the day
The most effective scams always have a kernel of truth to them and this particular scam is a good example of that fact. Facebook is offering a hundred million dollars in cash grants to qualifying small businesses affected adversely by the Coronavirus pandemic. Here...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 10, 2020 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. Being hounded by someone attempting to collect a debt you do not owe is fraud. I have written many times in the past about scammers who use deceptive and abusive collections practices in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 9, 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
It you are like me, you probably are receiving a lot of emails that you don’t wish to read and which merely clutter your inbox. An easy way to reduce the amount of emails you receive is to merely click on the Unsubscribe tab in newsletters and other...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 7, 2020 | Scam of the day
I first reported to you about the huge data breach at Anthem, a major health care company in February of 2015 when it was initially discovered. The data breach affected 78.8 million patients and employees. The data stolen included birth dates, Social Security...
