by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 5, 2022 | Scam of the day
More than a billion people use the WhatsApp mobile messaging app that helps you send text messages, photographs, videos and audio. Due to its extreme popularity, it is not surprising that WhatsApp has become an attractive platform for scammers. I have reported to you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
Electronics company Samsung recently announced that it had suffered a data breach in July that they discovered in August. As a result of the data breach personal information including the names of customers, their birth dates, demographic information and product...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 3, 2022 | Scam of the day
With the important mid-term elections rapidly approaching, scammers are busy taking advantage of this fact to scam people and make them victims of identity theft. One common election scam involves a telephone call you receive purportedly from one of the political...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 2, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about this particular scam preying upon home buyers for six years, however since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic this scam has gotten worse. Scammers have been quick to take advantage of so much of home buying and selling being...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 1, 2022 | Scam of the day
Weight loss scams are among the most common scams and with good reason. Many people want to lose weight and most of the scam products promise to do that for you easily without diet or exercise. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021 approximately 30%...