by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 10, 2022 | Scam of the day
As I first reported to you in January of 2017, Western Union, which provides money wiring services around the world settled fraud charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Justice Department and a number of states’ Attorneys General. Under the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2021 | Scam of the day
Receiving a telephone call from a debt collector is not a pleasant experience. Being hounded by someone attempting to collect a debt you do not owe is fraud. I have written many times in the past about scammers who use deceptive and abusive collections practices in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to people who were scammed by A. S. Research LLC into buying Synovia, its supplement that it touted as a tremendous treatment for arithritis and joint pain. Synovia’s advertising was riddled with misleading claims...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to people who were scammed by Renaissance Health Publishing , LLC into buying its worthless pain supplement Isoprex that it advertised as a “miracle” cure for muscle and joint pain, headaches, arthritis, joint...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is a bit late because I had emergency surgery yesterday, but after not missing a single day in 3,012 days, I was not going to start now. Being in debt is a difficult situation faced by many people. Unfortunately, it can be made much...
