by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for seven years. Last January, the FBI issued a new warning about sextortion https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/fbi-and-partners-issue-national-public-safety-alert-sextortion-schemes and more recently, the South...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 31, 2023 | Scam of the day
Over the years, I have written many times about lottery and sweepstakes scams, which continue to be one of the most popular and profitable scams for scammers. Scammers use lottery and sweepstakes scams to cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 30, 2023 | 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, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2023 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is a phishing email that appears to come from MetaMask. MetaMask is a software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. The email makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam. Phishing emails, by which...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for January 19, 2020 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had sued multi-level marketer “Success By Health” and its executives alleging that the company operated an illegal pyramid scheme. At that time the United...
