by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 20, 2022 | Scam of the day
Over the years, I have written many times about lottery and sweepstakes scams, which continue to be one of the most popular and profitable scams for scammers. Scammers use lottery and sweepstakes scams to cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking...
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...
