by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Impostor 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 calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2021 | Scam of the day
Last week a married couple, Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel and Chaitali Dave were sentenced to prison in Georgia for their role in a Social Security phone scam. Phone scammers calling from India called targeted victims in the United States telling them that their Social...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 23, 2021 | Scam of the day
Impostor 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 calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 9, 2021 | Scam of the day
Impostor 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 calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2020 | Scam of the day
Early this year the Senate Aging Committee released its annual report in which it indicated that fraudulent phone calls where scammers pose as Social Security Administration employees asking for personal information were the number one phone scam last year. Scammers...