by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
Posing as a famous person on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram has proven to be quite lucrative for many scammers who are able to convince unsuspecting victims to rely on the phony accounts. Setting up a social media account is easy to do for a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2025 | 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 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last year more scams originated through text messages than phone calls. Text message scams in which the scammers pose as your bank were the most common text message scam. Phony text messaging, called smishing, which ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams in the United States are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost of 1.9 billion dollars in 2024 and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not...
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. ...
