by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2020 | 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 back to the scammer. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
Buying a gift card as a gift is both an easy way to purchase a gift for someone and a good way to make sure that the gift is something that the receiver of the gift can actually use and enjoy. It definitely is a win-win situation and particularly during the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 15, 2019 | Scam of the day
Buying a gift card as a gift is both an easy way to purchase a gift for someone and a good way to make sure that the gift is something that the receiver of the gift can actually use and enjoy. It definitely is a win-win situation. However, scammers are always ready...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was just a few days ago that I wrote about new policies being implemented by Target, WalMart and Best Buy to reduce the use of gift cards in scams, however, these regulations do not relate to scams in which the gift cards themselves are the subject of the scam....
