by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about increasing reports of the nanny scam. People looking for nanny or caregiving jobs often go to legitimate websites such as care.com to look for nanny and baby sitting job opportunities, but even legitimate...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
Police in Santa Cruz, California recently arrested a 19 year old boy who they say created fake parking tickets with a QR code that the targeted victims could scan in order to pay for the phony parking tickets. He then put the tickets on numerous parked cards. The QR...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 10, 2022 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumers lost 148 million dollars to scams in which gift cards were used as the payment method last year and this number has increased each year since 2018. . Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 23, 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. | Nov 15, 2022 | Scam of the day
Scams involving utility bills for electric, water or gas services have long been popular with scammers. Utilities United Against Scams, a consortium of more than 100 American and Canadian utility companies has designated November 16th as National Utility Scam...
