by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2025 | 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 217 million dollars to gift card scams in 2024. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 27, 2025 | 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. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card numbers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about scammers making robocalls offering discounts of 40 to 50% on phone, television or Internet services, often posing as AT&T, Spectrum or Comcast Xfinity. In order to get the discount, you are told that you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
People are reporting receiving calls that purport to be from Apple’s Special Investigations Unit telling them that illegal child pornography has been discovered on their cloud account. The phony investigator is sympathetic when you inform them that you never...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 20, 2024 | Scam of the day
Xiao Kun Cheung was indicted in Federal Court in Georgia on charges related to a tech support scam allegedly perpetrated by Cheung and co- conspirators targeting the elderly in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee in which seniors were contacted by phone or through pop-up...
