by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 29, 2023 | 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 233 million dollars to gift card scams last year. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2023 | Scam of the day
Scammers, in general have no empathy and a new scam being reported by the Federal Trade Commission is a good example of that fact. People who have very recently lost a family member are getting phone calls purporting to be from the funeral home handling the funeral...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2023 | Scam of the day
Scams involving utility bills for electric, water or gas services have long been popular with scammers. Pacific Gas & Electric in California is reporting scams targeting utility customers are at an all-time high and this scam is being perpetrated all around the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the jury duty scam for ten years, but it continues to snare many unwary victims. Recently the Oregon Judicial Department issued a warning about jury duty scams in Oregon in which people were called on the phone by scammers posing as...
