by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 30, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As the holiday shopping season is in full swing, over the next month I will be warning you about the latest scams and identity theft schemes related to holiday shopping, both in brick and mortar stores and online. Today, I will start with shopping in a store. Most...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Once again, I had to go no further than my own email box to find today’s “scam of the day.” In my email today was an email that purported to be from Ameriprise, the online brokerage and financial planning company. As you can see in the email which...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As we enter the Memorial Day weekend, it is a good time to honor and remember all our veterans and active duty members of the military as well as thank them for their service. Unfortunately, not everyone feels this way and scam artists look upon veterans as well as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 6, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Some of the most simple scams are also the most effective. Earlier this week a woman staying at a Double Tree Hotel in Skokie, Illinois received a telephone call purportedly from a clerk at the front desk of the hotel informing her that they needed her credit card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Every day is Scam Day and Mother’s Day is no exception. Although for many of us, Mother’s Day is an opportunity to show our mothers how much we love and appreciate them, for scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists, it is yet another...
