by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 29, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending refunds to victims of a bait and switch scam perpetrated by LasikPlus and Joffe Medicenter, both of which are owned by LCA-Vision, the largest LASIK surgery chain in the country. In January of 2023, the FTC sued LasikPlus...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently Mortgage and Loan company LoanDepot disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach in which the names, dates of birth, email and postal addresses, financial account numbers, phone numbers and, most disturbing, Social Security numbers of 16.6 million of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2024 | Scam of the day
Although it is just the end of February many people, particularly college students are now looking for Summer jobs and scammers are taking advantage of this situation. Merely because a company posting an online job advertisement may be one that you are familiar with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 26, 2024 | Scam of the day
While the instances of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections are nowhere near their levels during the height of the pandemic, the virus is still with us and still poses a public health threat. Unfortunately, unscrupulous companies are marketing bogus COVID cures and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently in Ohio, Mubarik Ibrahim was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $840,000 in restitution for his part in romance scams he and other co-conspirators perpetrated between December of 2014 and April of 2022. He and his cohorts created fake...
