by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
Deed fraud, which is also referred to as “property title theft” occurs when a criminal files a counterfeit deed to property owned by someone else and then either lives in the property or even sells the property to an unwary buyer. Deed fraud most commonly...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
Prudential Financial which is a major financial services company has settled a class action brought against it by its customers whose personal information was compromised in a data breach that occurred on February 4, 2024. The data breach affected 2.5 million of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about romance scams for many years. Romance scams generally follow a familiar pattern with the scammers establishing relationships with people, generally women, online through various legitimate dating websites and social media using fake...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
Imposter 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 emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
It is rare in today’s political climate to find something that Republicans and Democrats agree upon so it is heartening to see the recent introduction in the U.S. Senate of the TRAPS Act, which is an acronym for Taskforce for Recognizing and Averting Payment...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have written numerous times in the past about the theft of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unwary customers. Recently there has been a dramatic increase in the stealing of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unsuspecting airline customers who...
