by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently there has been an increase in the number of people receiving phony text messages that purport to be sent from Amazon telling you that your account has been hacked. These phony text messages, called “smishing” will either attempt to lure you into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 19, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for six years. Many of you may not remember the name of Mavis Wanczyk, but she was the lucky winner of a 758 million dollar Powerball drawing in 2017. Not long after she claimed her prize, a scam started...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 18, 2023 | Scam of the day
Investment scams have always been with us, but according to the Federal Trade Commission, they reached 3.8 billion dollars of losses last year which was double the amount of the previous year. Many of these investment scams are promoted on social media, emails and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. Being hounded by someone attempting to collect a debt you do not owe constitutes fraud. In recent years the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against a number of these...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
Most new scams are merely variations of older scam and today’s Scam of the day is one of those. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning doctors, nurses and other medical personnel of a scam in which the targeted victim receives a phone call from the...
