by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
According to AAA the average price for a gallon of gas in the United States today is $4.82 and in many states, the price is even higher. It therefore comes as no surprise that consumers are desperate to get some relief from these high prices and scammers are there,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2022 | Scam of the day
Bumble is a popular online dating app so it is not surprising that scammers use it as a “hook” for scams. Anything popular with the public is fodder for scammers. Recently people have been reporting receiving text messages in which the scammer sends a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to posting too much personal information on social media that can be leveraged by a criminal for purposes of identity theft. During the earlier days of the pandemic many people posted photos of their vaccination...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
Tomorrow is Father’s Day which for many people is an opportunity to show our fathers how much we love and appreciate them. For scam artists, it is yet another opportunity to scam people. One of the most common Father’s Day scams involves e-cards which are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
For many years Medicare used a person’s Social Security number as his or her Medicare number which put Medicare recipients in serious danger of identity theft, Medicare resisted changing the Medicare number to a safer random number for many years. Finally, in...
