by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 24, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued DK Automation, LLC and its principals, Kevin David Hulse and David Arnett alleging they promised huge returns to trick people into buying business opportunities and training programs through which they said they would...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 23, 2022 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, Kim Kardashian settled charges brought against her by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agreeing to pay a 1.26 million dollar fine for illegally touting a cryptocurrency called EMAX on her Instagram account which has 328 million followers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
The foreign exchange transaction app known as MetaTrader has been removed from the Apple App Store although it still is available at the Google Play store. The app has been used in the scam known as “pig butchering.” I first described pig butchering to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about cryptocurrency scams for years now and there a variety of scams that attempt to steal your cryptocurrencies from you. One of the most important decisions anyone should make when deciding whether to invest in cryptocurrencies is what kind of...
