by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about the about the avoidable Equifax data breach in which personal data of more than 147 million people was stolen and legal actions related to the data breach since 2017 when the data breach occurred. The personal information compromised...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. According to the FTC, consumers lost 228 million dollars to gift card scams last year. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost for the last two years of 2.7 billion dollars and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not report...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 7, 2023 | 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2023 | 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 constitutes fraud. In recent years the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against a number of these...
