by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 22, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about employment related scams for years and today’s scam represents the most recent incarnation of employment scams. Searching for a job online has become the norm for many job seekers and there are many legitimate online employment...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
For a long time I have warned you that the popularity of Netflix makes it a preferred subject for phishing emails and phishing text messages, which are referred to as smishing. Smishing is the name given to text messages that lure you into clicking on links or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2021 | Scam of the day
Online purchases which already were sizable have grown tremendously during the Coronavirus pandemic so it is not surprising that scammers are attempting to use that fact to create scams. I have reported to you about delivery scams for years. Today’s version of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reporting about a new Coronavirus related scam that is targeting the owners of small businesses who are receiving an email that purports to come from the “Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Relief.” The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 11, 2021 | Scam of the day
Last May I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had issued an alert informing people that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities around the country had been requiring their residents who are on Medicaid to turn over their CARES Act stimulus...
