by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 5, 2022 | Scam of the day
Brian Wedgeworth pleaded guilty recently to perpetrating a romance scam in which he scammed more than 30 women out of more than 1.3 million dollars. Wedgeworth posed as a doctor on various online dating services. Once he gained their confidence he manipulated them...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued 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 with debt problems and promise to fix...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2022 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 2, 2022 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the U.S. Education Department announced that it would forgive 5.8 billion dollars of federal student loans owed by 560,000 borrowers who attended Corinthian Colleges prior to its collapse into bankruptcy in 2015. Corinthian Colleges operated under...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2022 | Scam of the day
A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used to authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as a cell phone. The SIM card is able to be transferred between different devices, and often is,...
