by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently there have been an increase in scams involving scammers convincing their victims that they are eligible for large government grants if they merely pay a processing fee. The federal government does not charge fees for applying for grants. Additionally, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
The day before they were about to embark on a long planned for $15,000 cruise on Carnival Cruise Line, a Kentucky family found out that their trip had been cancelled and that they would not be receiving a refund from Carnival. The problem stemmed from the family...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
This scam starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like this: (image: Sophos) The message will have a link and what appears to be a video, which many people would be tempted to click on out of a concern that the video may be significant,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 18, 2024 | Scam of the day
It is not surprising that Facebook has been a favorite medium for scammers. Its very popularity and the fact that on Facebook you are communicating with your friends is reason enough for scammers to use Facebook as a platform for scams. There has been a resurgence...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2024 | Scam of the day
For years I have written about Twitter and Facebook scams involving a number of celebrities such as Dwayne Johnson, Tyler Perry and Elon Musk. Posing as a famous person on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram is quite simple to do and has proven to be...
