by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
Not all scams are perpetrated by criminal gangs in Nigeria. Sometimes the scammers are not only home-grown, but may even be companies that you consider to be legitimate, such as car dealerships. In the Scam of the day for December 18, 2023 I told you that the Federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 9, 2024 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
Illegal, automated robocalls are annoying and often lead to people being scammed. I have written often about efforts to stop illegal robocalls, but unfortunately, these efforts are often not sufficient. One question that comes up, however, is how do the robocalling...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 7, 2024 | Scam of the day
As I have mentioned many times, gift cards are a favorite method of payment for scammers. Unlike a check, payment of which can be stopped, once a scammer has the numbers of a gift card, the money is lost forever. A class action lawsuit was brought against Apple for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for October 10, 2023 I told you that the genetic testing company 23andMe had suffered a data breach that compromised genetic and ancestry data of 6.9 million of its users and the apparent hackers had already offered for sale what they say is the...
