by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
AI voice cloning is simple and easily accomplished at little cost. Scammers clone voices of people they are targeting with a variety of scams including the grandparent or family emergency scam where the family member gets a phone call from someone posing as a family...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 3, 2026 | Scam of the day
I am sure by now all of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, most commonly a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2025 | Scam of the day
This week Oscar Manuel Castanos Garcia of the Dominican Republic was charged with masterminding a sophisticated call center operation in the Dominican Republic that would target elderly people in the United States through the grandparent scam. Twelve other...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization acts to get police forces in different countries to work together to fight transnational crime. After an Interpol coordinated operation known as Operation Red Card combining the forces of seven African...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
I am sure by now all of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, most commonly a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a...
