by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are one of the most prevalent types of scams. Scammers cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking people into sending money to the scammers after being told that they have won a lottery, but are required to pay some fees or taxes in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 29, 2021 | Scam of the day
More than a billion people use the WhatsApp mobile messaging app that helps you send text messages, photographs, videos and audio. Due to its extreme popularity, it is not surprising that WhatsApp has become an attractive platform for scammers. I have reported to you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2021 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2021 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I have written in the past, however it continues to pop up frequently as evidenced by one of my long-time friends becoming a victim recently. If one of your friends received a Facebook friend request that appeared to...