by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
With both the Megabucks and Powerball lotteries recently at tremendous payout amounts it is not surprising that scams using the name of lottery winner Mavis Wanczyk are back although the truth is scams using her name have never gone away in the six years since she won...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2023 | Scam of the day
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) recently notified hundreds of thousands of California retirees that their personal information was compromised in a major data...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who stole 50 billion dollars from unsuspecting victims may be the last person from whom you would accept investing advice, but in fact, his advice, as contained in a 2014 jailhouse interview Madoff gave to the Wall Street Journal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2023 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can take many different forms and one about which most people are unaware is criminal identity theft. Criminal identity theft occurs when someone steals your identity and then commits crimes using your name and Social Security number. The problems...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2023 | Scam of the day
Clever scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists, are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. They also purchase telephone numbers that are a...
