by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2023 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. According to the FTC, consumers lost 233 million dollars to gift card scams last year. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 30, 2023 | Scam of the day
Peer to Peer Payment Payment Service (P2P) Zelle is used by many people to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from your credit card or bank account. Sending money through Zelle only requires you to enter the recipient’s phone number or email...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 29, 2023 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost for the last two years of 2.7 billion dollars and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not report...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
PayPal is a popular payment service used successfully by many people particularly when making purchases through eBay. However, because it is so popular with the public, it is also popular with scammers who over the years have created numerous PayPal based scams about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 27, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have written many times in the last ten years about Ponzi schemes because this effective investment scam that actually was around for many years before Charles Ponzi came to be identified with it is still being used to victimize many people. Here is a link to an...
