by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 2, 2024 | Scam of the day
In 2022 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its lawsuit against Warrior Trading, a company that put on “free” webinars that promised to show you “a quick and simple way to get your dream of day-trading success...
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. | Feb 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Business coaches are people that advise and guide business owners in the operating and growing of their businesses. They can be quite helpful, particularly to entrepreneurs. However, scammers posing as business coaches take advantage of trusting business owners by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2021 | Scam of the day
As regular readers of Scamicide are aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is the primary federal agency which protects consumers from scams, is sometimes able to obtain payments from scammers convicted in court following FTC lawsuits or, more commonly,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported about a phony website that is popping up on people’s computers as a YouTube link with several different URL names that appears to be from the US Trading Commission. The website even uses the FTC’s seal...
