by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. More than thirty-eight million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
For more than seven years I have written about various scammers selling green coffee bean extracts as a weight loss product through the use of false and misleading advertising. Some of the scammers have claimed green coffee bean extracts would enable users to lose 17...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for April 27, 2024 I first told you that following the settlement of a lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was sending 10 million dollars in refunds to victims of a phony real estate investment scam perpetrated by Response Marketing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 28, 2024 | 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. In the Scam of the day for December 19, 2021 I told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had settled...
