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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 3, 2022 | 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. Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last ten years about student loan scams because scammers have successfully targeted college students and their parents for a variety of scams related to these extensive loans. Since the start of the pandemic, a moratorium on federal...
