by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 6, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the dangers of ransomware for five years, but today’s development is something we have never encountered before. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 5, 2020 | Scam of the day
There is a lot of excitement about the release of the new iPhone 12 which is expected to be available beginning October 13th. As always, however, whenever the public is enthusiastic about something, so are the scam artists who are ready to exploit the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2020 | Scam of the day
James Jackson was sentenced to 17 years in prison for stealing the identities of recently dceased people and taking over their credit card accounts, savings accounts and brokerage accounts. Jackson gathered information from obituariesand used that information to take...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 3, 2020 | Scam of the day
In March I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing the investment training company Online Trading Academy (OTA) and its principals for fraud. In September the FTC settled its claims agains the OTA and its principals. As a part of the settlement, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2020 | Scam of the day
The annual open enrollment period for Medicare will begin on October 15th and continue until December 7th. This is the only time during the year that people enrolled in Medicare can change their Medicare health plans, Medigap plans and prescription drug plans. By...
