by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning people about a new scam in which people are receiving calls with recorded messages from scammers posing as either U.S. Border Patrol agents, CBP employees or Customs and Border Protection officers. The message...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 7, 2022 | 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, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently the Virginia State Police issued a warning about an increase in phone scams in which the caller poses as a law enforcement officer who tells the targeted victim of the scam that his or her identity has been stolen and used by someone who has committed a crime...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 3, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was prompted by an email I received that appeared to come from Publishers Clearing House informing me that I was on the “final winner selection list” although it didn’t indicate that I am joined on this list by probably...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2022 | Scam of the day
Scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists have a knowledge of psychology that Freud would have envied. They know how to appeal to every human emotion to lure us into becoming a scam victim. Scam artists can adapt their art to paint whatever picture...
