by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 30, 2022 | Scam of the day
A common theme in many scams, including phony lottery scams and the infamous grandparent scam, is that the scammers will require the victim to wire money rather than use a credit card or a check. Once money has been wired, it is all but impossible to trace or stop...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. I have written many times in the past about scammers who use deceptive and abusive collections practices in attempting to collect debts. These scammers violate the Fair Debt Collection...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2022 | Scam of the day
Bumble is a popular online dating app so it is not surprising that scammers use it as a “hook” for scams. Anything popular with the public is fodder for scammers. Recently people have been reporting receiving text messages in which the scammer sends a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2022 | Scam of the day
For the last year multiple Facebook accounts have posted posts like the one reproduced below with a photo of comedian Ellen DeGeneres (not Ellen Degeeneress, as the scammers refer to her in the posts) promising to pay $750 to random winners. The scam’s goal is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2022 | Scam of the day
Ever since the start of the pandemic, deliveries by UPS, Federal Express, Amazon of online purchases have become part of every day life and even now, as the pandemic is waning, many of us still find the convenience of online shopping very attractive. Scammers are...
