by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Google Forms is a terrific free tool that lets you create surveys, quizzes and forms for gathering data. It is widely used in education, business and in people’s personal affairs. It is easy to use, acciesible through a shareable link and secure. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
A new scam presently circulating starts wiwth an email with a subject line of “Formal Interview Invitation” with the email being a request for an interview from a writer purportedly doing a story about a mentor of the person receiving the email. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2025 | Scam of the day
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who stole 50 billion dollars from unsuspecting victims may be the last person from whom you would accept investing advice, but in fact, his advice, as contained in a 2014 jailhouse interview Madoff gave to the Wall Street Journal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
Deepfake porn by which someone is able to use deepfake software to take the photo of someone they know or a celebrity to create what appear to be nude photos or videos of the unwary victim has been a problem for a few years as the technology becomes easier to use and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
