by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently Ian Hosang, of Staten Island, New York was charged with sixteen criminal counts related to allegedly forming 23 fraudulent charities and collecting at least $152,000 in donations that the Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Hosang kept for himself...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 25, 2022 | Scam of the day
Human tragedies such as the murders of at least 19 students and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas bring out the best charitable impulses of many people, but unfortunately, they also bring out the worst impulses in scammers who use tragedies such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
As we have seen far too often, scammers are quite capable of taking whatever is happening in society and turning it into an opportunity to scam people. Natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires are taken advantage of by scammers in a variety of ways and now...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 27, 2022 | Scam of the day
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people are around the world are eagerly making donations to charities that are helping the people of Ukraine. Unfortunately, scammers have been posing as charities and have tricked many people into giving their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 18, 2022 | Scam of the day
With the attention on the world focused on the people of the Ukraine and their resistance to the Russian invasion which has included attacks on civilians, more and more people are donating to organizations helping the people of the Ukraine. Unfortunately, as we...
