by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 19, 2026 | Scam of the day
Recently a Bellefontaine, Ohio woman received a call that appeared to come from Apple informing her that there was a problem with her iPhone. He then gave her a case number and transferred her call to a scammer posing as a bank representative who told her that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicates a 1,000 % increase in money lost to scammers through Bitcoin ATMs in the last three years with consumers reporting losses of around $333 million between January and November of 2025. Bitcoin and other...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 26, 2026 | 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. | Apr 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last two years worldwide. The latest problem is a data breach which Booking.com confirmed earlier this week in an email to its users informing them that it had suffered a data...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
Imposter scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
