by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 18, 2024 | Scam of the day
In 2022 I first told you that the FTC filed a lawsuit against American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) accusing it of scamming people with phony, expensive extended car warranties. American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) lied to consumers, telling them...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its annual report about law enforcement actions resulting in refunds to scam victims. The report, which was for the year 2023, indicated that the FTC paid more than 324 million dollars in refunds back to scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 17, 2024 | Scam of the day
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 attention on these students and former students through scams that falsely promise to provide...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
For profit universities have been a target of state and federal investigations for years. I have written about this topic since 2012. It should be noted that not all for profit colleges are scams, but there are a large number of for profit colleges, sometimes...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 7, 2024 | Scam of the day
Business coaches are people that advise and guide business owners and people wanting to start a business in the operating and growing of their businesses. They can be quite helpful, particularly to entrepreneurs. However, scammers posing as business coaches take...
