by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 27, 2026 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as hurricanes are common occurrences. Hurricane season runs this year from June 1st until November 30th. Hurricanes often cause tremendous damage and loss of property. They also bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 26, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scammers have no sympathy for anyone as evidenced by the many scams that are based on obituaries. For years, scammers would scan the obituaries and then go to Social Security’s Death Master File where the names of deceased Americans are available along with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
AI voice cloning is simple and easily accomplished at little cost. Scammers clone voices of people they are targeting with a variety of scams including the grandparent or family emergency scam where the family member gets a phone call from someone posing as a family...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2026 | Scam of the day
The new school year is just around the corner and school shopping is in high gear for many parents and students. Much of back to school shopping, like other shopping, is done online and people are constantly looking for bargains from trusted companies such as Walmart...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
Phony text messaging, called smishing, which purport to be from your credit card company is a scam about which I have been warning you for years, but is a scam that has dramatically increased recently due to AI. Scammers are harvesting vacation photos from social...
