by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 16, 2020 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin are legitimate, but scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the public’s fascination with cryptocurrencies to take old forms of scams and update them with a cryptocurrency twist. I have been writing about cryptocurrency...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 15, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it had sent out 20 more warning letters to companies marketing phony cures and treatments for the Coronavirus. This brings the total number of companies who have received such cease and desist letters to 350...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
In August of 2019 I first told you about the Federal Trade Commission initiating legal action against Grand Teton Professionals which the FTC alleged has been operating credit repair scams since 2014 using the names Deletion Experts, Inquiry Busters and Top...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 13, 2020 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
We are about to enter the holiday season and many people will be getting deliveries from the United State Postal Service of valuable items in addition to your normal deliveries of sensitive and important mail such as credit card statements. In 2017 the United States...
