by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization acts to get police forces in different countries to work together to fight transnational crime. After an Interpol coordinated operation known as Operation Red Card combining the forces of seven African...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for April 27, 2024 I first told you that following the settlement of a lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was sending 10 million dollars in refunds to victims of a phony real estate investment scam perpetrated by Response Marketing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Some scams are just so simple and effective that they remind us why scam artists are indeed the only criminals we refer to as artists. An old scam that is still being used effectively by scammers involves a flyer under your door in your hotel or motel room that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 23, 2025 | Scam of the day
In August of 2021 I reported to you about a data breach at T-Mobile initially discovered when hackers started offering for sale on the Dark Web data of what they said was 100 million customers of phone carrier T-Mobile for sale. T- Mobile confirmed the data breach...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can be high tech, low tech or no tech. As we all know, it can result from sophisticated computer hacking, but it also can come from as old fashioned a manner as pickpocketing your wallet or stealing your purse in which you may be carrying credit cards,...
