by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 25, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have good news and I have bad news today. The good news is that the number of illegal robocalls has actually gone down this year. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal have been a major problem at a cost to consumers of billions of dollars...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 1, 2019 | Scam of the day
While the 2020 presidential election is more than a year away, the intensity of the debate over political issues in this country is extremely high and scammers are taking advantage of that fact by using robocalls to call people posing as prominent politicians, such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by admin | May 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
Automated prerecorded robocalls which, for commercial purposes are always illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and are used to perpetrate a wide variety of frauds at a cost of approximately 9.5...
