by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 27, 2025 | 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 5, 2024 | 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the scam of the day for September 29, 2022 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) had sued a number of companies and their owners doing business under the names Home...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
In 2018 I first told you about the FTC suing American Financial Benefits Center, Financial Benefits Center, AmeriTech Financial and Brandon Demond Frere for illegal student loan debt relief practices. Specifically, these defendants charged illegal up-front $800 fees...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
Credit card debt which often carries an interest rate that is so high it could cause a nose bleed is a concern for many people and, as always, anything that concerns many people is something that scammers are interested in. Last November the Federal Trade Commission...
