by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
While the Coronavirus pandemic has gotten considerably better in much of the United States and safe and effective vaccines are available, the pandemic still poses a significant health threat both here in the United States and around the world. However, even though...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
Illegal pyramid schemes take many forms. Year after year since 2015 I have warned you about the Secret Sister Gift Exchange, which keeps reappearing each year around the holidays. It seems harmless enough when you see it come up in your email or on social media,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 14, 2021 | 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, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Clever scam artists are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often they either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search engine search or they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
With the Coronavirus pandemic somewhat abating, more and more people are traveling and scammers are taking advantage of that fact. Recently there have been reports about a “new” scam that I first warned you about in 2013. It involves calls to hotel...
