by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 15, 2022 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can take many different forms and one about which most people are unaware is criminal identity theft. Criminal identity theft occurs when someone steals your identity and then commits crimes using your name and Social Security number. The problems...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2022 | Scam of the day
In December, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that in the first nine months of 2021, consumers lost 148 million dollars to scams in which gift cards were used as the payment method. This amount was more than in all of 2020. Another troubling statistic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 13, 2022 | Scam of the day
Pursuant to a settlement with Quantum Wellness Botanical Institute LLC, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending checks to people who were scammed by Quantum in its sales of an anti-aging “wonder” pill called ReJuvenation that Quantum claimed would...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 12, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Justice Department recently announced that through collaborative efforts with law enforcement authorities in Cyprus and Latvia that it had shut down a series of criminal websites operating on the Dark Web, that part of the Internet where cybercriminals sell goods...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
For many years Medicare used a person’s Social Security number as his or her Medicare number which put Medicare recipients in serious danger of identity theft, Medicare resisted changing the Medicare number to a safer random number for many years. Finally, in...
