by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 15, 2024 | Scam of the day
The E-Z Pass transponder system is available to drivers in seventeen states and enables the drivers to avoid stopping to pay tolls when driving on toll roads. Instead they merely drive through a special lane where their transponder is electronically read. The tolls...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last year worldwide with one hundred hotels in Japan among the most recent targets. The scam starts with a phishing email to a hotel that lures the unsuspecting hotel employee...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 13, 2024 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers constitute a major problem. Tech support scams are increasingly common and victimize consumers 60...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 12, 2024 | Scam of the day
Timeshares are a legitimate vacation option for many people with about 9.6 million Americans owning timeshares. However, resales have often been difficult for timeshare owners and scammers have been preying upon timeshare owners trying to sell their interests with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Last December I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was reporting an increase in reports of scammers calling people on the telephone and telling them that they have won one of the Publishers Clearing House lotteries, but that they have to pay fees or...
