by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for eight years. Generally sextortion scams begin with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. In the email, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 27, 2024 | Scam of the day
Z-library was a website that provided free access to a wide variety of books and research papers, however, it was shut down temporarily by the FBI in 2022 after allegations of copyright violations. However, this didn’t stop others from picking up on the desire...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 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. | Mar 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
A number of legitimate charities have been soliciting donations of cryptocurrencies to help the people of Ukraine devastated by the Russian invasion. Even the Ukrainian government itself has been seeking donations of cryptocurrencies to help purchase military...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are extremely popular with the public and scammers are exploiting that interest with a wide variety of scams featuring Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Over the years I have written about a wide variety of cryptocurrency scams,...
