by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2022 | 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. | May 15, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the jury duty scam for ten years, but it continues to snare many unwary victims. This scam has been used effectively for years by scammers to con people out of their money. The scam starts with a telephone call that you receive,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2022 | Scam of the day
Romance scams continue to be a major problem. As bad as they were prior to the pandemic, these scams increased dramatically during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Americans lost more money to romance scams last year than to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 13, 2022 | Scam of the day
Concern about the national shortage of baby formula has many concerned parents turning to whatever sources they can to obtain these essential products. Unfortunately, this has created the perfect storm for unscrupulous scammers to market and sell non-existent baby...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 12, 2022 | Scam of the day
As was made abundantly clear by 2017’s massive Equifax data breach which affected 148 million people and was perpetrated by hackers exploiting a vulnerability in Apache software for which Apache had already issued a security update, but Equifax failed to...
