by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who stole 50 billion dollars from unsuspecting victims may be the last person from whom you would accept investing advice, but in fact, his advice, as contained in a 2014 jailhouse interview Madoff gave to the Wall Street Journal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
Many people are probably not familiar with forex trading. Forex trading is the name for the very speculative investing in trading foreign currencies. It definitely is not an investment for inexperienced investors and while it certainly is legal, there have been many...
by admin | Apr 27, 2018 | Scam of the day
Investment adviser, Amrit Chahal has hit the trifecta with fraud charges being brought against him by the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. All of the charges relate to Chahal, an...
by admin | Apr 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
Pump and dump scams have been with us for hundreds of years, however recently they have evolved to keep pace with today’s world of finance. A Pump and dump scheme is most often done with low priced stocks referred to as “penny stocks.” The scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Congressional hearings last week highlighted the problem of scam artists fraudulently selling gold and other precious metals to people, many of them elderly. Often these scams start with a telemarketing call to the victim in which he or she is told...
