by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are extremely popular with the public and scammers are exploiting that interest with a wide variety of scams featuring Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Over the years I have written about a wide variety of cryptocurrency scams,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Sophisticated scammers are adept at adapting the latest technologies and using them for purposes of scams. A wide variety of scams involve the scammer convincing the victim to send money to the scammer under a wide variety of pretenses including romance scams and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 25, 2019 | Scam of the day
Recently in California, Joel Ortiz was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking into cell phones and stealing more than 7.5 million dollars worth of cryptocurrencies from at least forty victims. Ortiz was able to accomplish these crimes through SIM swapping...
by admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
The rapid rise in the value of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies have attracted many eager investors, but unfortunately, have also attracted many scammers eager to take advantage of unwary investors. One particular scam involves an app that, for a prepaid fee, will...
by admin | Dec 10, 2017 | Scam of the day
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s newly formed Cyber Unit brought its first charges of fraud and securities regulations violations against Dominic Lacroix and his company PlexCorps in regard to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in which Lacroix promised...
