by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching. This is a very important day to many people including scammers and identity thieves who always manage to find an opportunity in whatever is current or popular to scam you out of your money. There are many...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Peekskill, New York Central School District recently issued a warning about a disturbing new development in the virtual kidnapping scam after an increase in incidents of this crime. It should be noted that this is not a crime limited to New York, but is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and, as such, has long been attractive to scammers seeking to piggy-back on the sites good reputation. Recently the number of job scams being found on LinkedIn has increased dramatically. A recent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
Romance scams where scammers convince people that they are in love with them and once they have gained their trust and an emotional connection ask under a variety of pretenses for money has only gotten worse with AI being able to be used for scammers to appear as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 10, 2025 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and earthquakes are common occurrences. California is in the midst of devastating wildfires that is destroying the homes of thousands of people. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and...