by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
A common theme in many scams, including phony lottery scams and the infamous grandparent scam, is that the scammers will require the victim to wire money or use gift cards rather than use a credit card or a check. Once money has been wired or gift card information...
by admin | Feb 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
As I first reported to you a year ago, Western Union, which provides money wiring services around the world settled fraud charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and a number of states’ Attorneys General. Under the terms of the...
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I first reported to you in January, Western Union, which provides money wiring services around the world settled fraud charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and a number of states’ Attorneys General. Under the terms of the...
by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The FTC, through its refund administrator for this case, Gilardi & Co. LLC is sending checks to victims of a scam involving Your Yellow Book which sent out invoices bearing a logo like the famous walking fingers logo used by the legitimate Yellow Pages to various...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A year ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won a Court of Appeals decision against BurnLounge Inc, Juan Alexander Arnold, John Taylor and Rob DeBoer relating to an illegal pyramid scam that had lured more than 56,000 people into investing in, what was represented...
