by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2026 | Scam of the day
We are in the midst of the college graduation season and along with their diplomas, many graduates will also be taking with them substantial student loans. I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. More than...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2026 | Scam of the day
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recently issued a warning about scammers posing as mortgage relief service companies contacting people with phony and illegal offers to provide mortgage relief to people having difficulties paying their mortgages. According to the...
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...