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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2022 | Scam of the day
While the instances of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections are nowhere near their levels during the height of the pandemic, the virus is still with us and still poses a public health threat. Unfortunately, unscrupulous companies are marketing bogus COVID cures and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued Michael and Valerie Rando and their company The Credit Game for operating a bogus credit repair scheme. Credit repair scams are very common as scammers take advantage of people with debt problems and promise to fix...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
On Point Global is a company that between January 2017 and December of 2019 operated a scam in which they set up hundreds of deceptive websites that promised quick and easy government services such as renewing a driver’s license or applying for various public...
