by admin | May 27, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has obtained an injunction stopping an international sweepstakes scam based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that scammed more than 28 million dollars from unwary victims around the world in the United States, Australia, Canada, France,...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On November 20th, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended the trading of four companies that claim to be developing products or services related to the Ebola virus. The SEC has the authority to suspend trading for ten days and prohibit the soliciting...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Federal criminal charges were brought against seven people including Abraxas Discala, the former husband of actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, from the HBO series, “The Sopranos.” The seven people indicted were charged with running a three hundred...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Penny stocks are low-priced, thinly traded stocks that are often used as the tool for scammers to take advantage of unwary investors. Because they are so thinly traded, scammers are able to manipulate the prices so that they temporarily are able to artificially...