by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day, Senior Scams
Scammers are always taking advantage of travelers and staying at a hotel carries many opportunities for scam artists to separate you from your money, starting when you check in and provide the clerk with your credit card. Watch you card carefully throughout the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Senior Scams, Student Scams
Scammers take advantage of people who have lost pets and posted fliers or notices on line. They will be more than happy to return your pet to you for just enough money to cover the shipping costs. Sometimes you will even get a call purportedly from a legitimate...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Scam of the day, Senior Scams, Student Scams
Scammers will stage automobile accidents in many ways, such as slamming on their brakes while driving in front of you without giving you an opportunity to stop, causing you to hit them from behind. Generally, the scammers will have phony witnesses to bolster their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Charity Scams, Investment Scams, Scam of the day
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the scam itself is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Con. At that time a letter was sent to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
This is another scam that keeps on returning with slight changes to appear to be something new and even legal, but if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck and a chain letter is easy to spot unless you are blinded by...
