by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently in Ohio, Mubarik Ibrahim was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $840,000 in restitution for his part in romance scams he and other co-conspirators perpetrated between December of 2014 and April of 2022. He and his cohorts created fake...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams in the United States are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost for the last two years of 2.7 billion dollars and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
Quizzes on Facebook and other social media are very popular, but they can be exploited by identity thieves. A good example of this was the “10 Concerts, but there is one act that I haven’t seen live. Which is it?” Facebook quiz. While this may...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 1, 2023 | Scam of the day
Every season is scam season and every day provides unique opportunity for scam artists, the only criminals that we call artists, to try to scam us out of our hard earned money. Here are a few scams that you should be aware of that are related to the upcoming Fourth...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 24, 2022 | Scam of the day
Illegal pyramid schemes take many forms. A month ago I warned you about the Secret Sister Gift Exchange. I first reported to you about this scam in 2015. It seems harmless enough when you see it come up in your email or on social media, such as Facebook and Twitter...
