by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 24, 2023 | Scam of the day
Election season will soon be coming to a close and Political Action Committees (PACs) are busy raising money to funnel to candidates and organizations trying to influence legislation. Unfortunately, for the last ten years scammers have been setting up phony PACs that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Many 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 far away place. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Congressional hearings last week highlighted the problem of scam artists fraudulently selling gold and other precious metals to people, many of them elderly. Often these scams start with a telemarketing call to the victim in which he or she is told...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Every day is Scam Day and Mother’s Day is no exception. Although for many of us, Mother’s Day is an opportunity to show our mothers how much we love and appreciate them, for scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists, it is yet another...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the Federal Trade Commission’s most recent survey, more than thirty million Americans were the victims of scams last year. However, the number of scams was indicated as close to 49 million scams, which means that many scam victims were victimized...