by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Fall college semester has just started and scammers are revisiting a scam first seen during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in which the scammers send out emails similar to the one shown below from 2020 to college students claiming to come from the Financial Aid...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for July 17, 2021 I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled a lawsuit against Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical, Inc and Dr. Stephen Meis who marketed its Emergency -D-Virus plan as a treatment for COVID-19 through advertising on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2023 | Scam of the day
During the recent Coronavirus pandemic I wrote many times about the Federal Trade Commission’s actions against the makers of various unscrupulous scammers who peddled phony cures and treatments for the Coronavirus. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent out...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2023 | Scam of the day
While the instances of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections are nowhere near their levels during the height of the pandemic, the virus is still with us and continues to pose a public health threat. Unfortunately, unscrupulous companies are marketing bogus COVID cures...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 21, 2022 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the Justice Department initiated legal actions against 21 people around the country who were operating a variety of Coronavirus related scams, many of which I have warned you about for the last two years. Some of the scams involved the sale of...
