by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
Being in debt is a difficult situation faced by many people. Unfortunately, it can be made much worse when debtors are targeted by unscrupulous scammers posing as debt relief specialists who steal from the people in debt. In the Scam of the day for July 18, 2020 I...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 2, 2021 | Scam of the day
In 2019 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in conjunction with the Attorney General of Ohio had brought legal action against Educare Centre Services, Inc. and Tripletel, Inc alleging that these companies worked together to sell bogus credit card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled its lawsuit against Raymond Gonzalez, Carlos S. Guerrero, Joshua Hernandez and their companies doing business as SCG Solution and Second Choice Horizon. These individuals and their companies had been charged with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 21, 2020 | Scam of the day
More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their attention on these students and former students through scams that falsely promise to provide...