by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 10, 2022 | Scam of the day
In 2020 the FTC sued Digital Income System as one of fifty lawsuits it filed as a result of a joint operation with state and federal law enforcement agencies called Operation Income Illusion. Digital Income Solutions sold memberships in its programs by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become a part of every day life and their numbers continue to increase. In the first three months of 2022 alone there were 404 major data breaches. The latest major data breach involves Shields Health Care Group which provides imaging and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 8, 2022 | Scam of the day
It was just a few days ago that I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing Michael and Valerie Rando and their company The Credit Game for operating a bogus credit repair scheme. Credit repair scams are very common as scammers take advantage of people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 7, 2022 | Scam of the day
Now that Summer is here, we are starting to see a common Summer scam dealing with driveway repair. This scam generally starts with the appearance of a paving contractor at your doorstep who informs you that he has been doing paving for other people in your town and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
In October of 2019 I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its legal action against AdvoCare International and its former CEO who under the terms of the settlement are banned from operating multilevel marketing businesses and were ordered to pay...