by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane recently warned consumers about a scam involving people receiving phone calls purportedly from their electric utility company threatening the consumer with having their electrical service terminated for non-payment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 30, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today is the deadline for the applying for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) under the initial open enrollment period. People required to enroll who have not started the process by today face being assessed with a financial penalty. This is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
“Spoofing” is the name for the tactic used by identity thieves to make a call that you receive appear to come from a legitimate source, when, in truth it is from a scammer who has merely managed to make it look like the call is legitimate. Many people are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
With summertime electricity use extremely high due to the extreme heat being felt in most of the country, scammers have revived a scam that we saw last winter whereby scammers call people on the phone purporting to be a representative of the local electric company. ...
