by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 15, 2024 | Scam of the day
Every year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) releases its list of the biggest scams of the year. 2023 was a banner year for scammers with victims reporting losing 10 billion dollars to scams which is 1.2 billion dollars more than in 2022 and the true amount of money...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
The most effective scams are the ones that capitalize on real things that apply to you. Many people are familiar with the REAL ID, which is a new version of your driver’s license mandated by federal law. The federal REAL ID Act established new security...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning people about a new scam in which people are receiving calls with recorded messages from scammers posing as either U.S. Border Patrol agents, CBP employees or Customs and Border Protection officers. The message...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2022 | Scam of the day
Every season is scam season and every day provides unique opportunity for scam artists, the only criminals that we call artists, to try to scam us out of our hard earned money. Here are a few scams that you should be aware of that are related to tomorrow’s...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 26, 2022 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies are quite popular with many people including scammers who find the anonymity provided by cryptocurrencies as a tremendously helpful way to launder funds obtained through a variety of scams. Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning...
