by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 21, 2022 | Scam of the day
It has been a rough year for cryptocurrencies with the value of many legitimate cryptocurrencies down more than 60% and this doesn’t include the estimated 3.5 billion dollars lost by cryptocurrency investors to a wide variety of cryptocurrency scams. In recent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 20, 2022 | Scam of the day
Last June I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) civilly 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
Ordering food online for delivery was somewhat popular prior to the pandemic, but really took off during the pandemic when people wanted restaurant food without having to go to a restaurant. Many restaurants have taken advantage of this interest and set up websites...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2022 | Scam of the day
The federal government has warned business leaders to be ready for inevitable cyberattacks during the Christmas and New Year period. Many times in recent years, major cyberattacks and data breaches occurred over the holidays when businesses, government agencies and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I have written in the past, however it continues to pop up frequently as evidenced by my becoming the target of a Facebook cloner. If one of your friends received a Facebook friend request that appeared to come from you, it...
