by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
Car dealer cloning occurs when a scammer sets up a website or social media profile as a legitimate car dealer. The website and social media posts use images and photographs of legitimate car dealers to make them look legitimate and, with the increased availability of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Not all scams are perpetrated by criminal gangs in Nigeria. Sometimes the scammers are not only home-grown, but may even be companies that you consider to be legitimate, such as car dealerships. Recognizing that many people have gotten scammed by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Not all scams are perpetrated by criminal gangs in Nigeria. Sometimes the scammers are not only home-grown, but may even be companies that you consider to be legitimate, such as car dealerships. Recognizing that many people have gotten scammed by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
Not all scams are perpetrated by criminal gangs in Nigeria. Sometimes the scammers are not only home-grown, but may even be companies that you consider to be legitimate, such as car dealerships. In the Scam of the day for December 18, 2023 I told you that the Federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 15, 2020 | Scam of the day
Nine people were recently arrested and charged with 700 smash and grab thefts that lead to a thousand incidents of identity theft at a cost of more than 1.5 million dollars stolen. Smash and grab is the term used to describe when criminals break into cars and steal...