by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 6, 2020 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 5, 2020 | Scam of the day
With many companies intensely working on developing a vaccine to prevent the Coronavirus there are literally thousands of clinical trials being conducted. Many people are interested in participating in these trials both to be able to do something to contribute to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 4, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the months since Congress passed the CARES Act which provided $1,200 payments to millions of Americans who suffered financially due to the Coronavirus pandemic, as many as twelve million people who were eligible for these payments did not receive anything. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2020 | Scam of the day
Early this year the Senate Aging Committee released its annual report in which it indicated that fraudulent phone calls where scammers pose as Social Security Administration employees asking for personal information were the number one phone scam last year. Scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 2, 2020 | Scam of the day
Recently, Erica H. MacDonald, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announced indictments against sixty people alleged to be operating a nationwide fraudulent telemarketing scheme that focused on scamming senior citizens and defrauded them out of more than 300 million...
