by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
July 12th is the second day of Amazon Prime Day which is odd to say. Amazon really should change the name for the two day event to Amazon Prime Days. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals and healthcare facilities has disclosed that it has suffered a massive data breach in which personal information including names, email addresses and phone numbers of eleven million of its patients was stolen and recently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
We are all getting so familiar with scams being communicated by way of phone calls, text messages and emails that it was a little bit surprising to learn of a new scam about which the IRS recently issued a warning that involves an old- fashioned snail mail letter that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2023 | Scam of the day
Last April, I told you that the FTC filed lawsuit against American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) accusing it of scamming people with phony, expensive extended car warranties. American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) lied to consumers, telling them that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 7, 2023 | Scam of the day
Automated computer generated robocalls, such as those which we have all received from “Rachel from card services” that try to induce us to get a new credit card or some other service are a scam that has been with us for many years and despite the best...
