by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently Joshua Mallory and Gary Grier pleaded guilty in federal court in Syracuse, New York to charges related to the theft of credit cards, debit cards, checkbooks and driver’s licenses stolen from cars parked in parking lots. Mallory and Grier were a part of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 15, 2023 | 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%...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
We now know that after weeks of no winners, some lucky person in Maine won the massive 1.35 billion dollar jackpot prize. You would think that now that there has been a winner declared, scams relating to this lottery drawing would cease, but that is definitely not...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 13, 2023 | Scam of the day
What is old is new again. Many people continue to pay their household bills by paper checks rather than electronic banking and even when shopping, some people prefer paying by check instead of using a credit card or cash. While there has been much discussion in the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 12, 2023 | Scam of the day
It started out in November of 2017 as a feel-good story about Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless veteran, who, according to the story reported throughout the media, gave his last twenty dollars to Katelyn McClure a stranded motorist who had run out of gas at the side of a...
