by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the federal government sanctioned Prince Group, a Cambodian conglomerate after designating it a transnational criminal organization. These sanctions prevent American companies and individuals from doing business with it. At that same time, its...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
The death of a family member or loved one is always difficult and scammers take advantage of the emotional vulnerability of families at this time by contacting them after a probate has been started to settle the estate of the deceased. Scammers troll the probate...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
In recent years, I have written many times about the myriad of cryptocurrency scams that have cost people billions of dollars. According to the FBI, Americans lost more than 9.3 billion dollars to cryptocurrency investment scams in 2024. In some instances, law...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
Imposter 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 emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicates a 1,000 % increase in money lost to scammers through cryptocurrency ATMs in the last three years. Cryptocurrency ATMs look just like traditional ATMs, but instead of distributing cash, they take cash in...
