by admin | Nov 4, 2018 | Scam of the day
Investment adviser Dawn Bennett who also hosted a syndicated talk radio show called “Financial Myth Busting” was recently convicted of seventeen counts of fraud related to investment scams she operated that swindled people who invested with her out of...
by admin | Oct 7, 2018 | Scam of the day
Investment adviser Melvin Leonard Wimmer Jr. of South Carolina has been convicted of securities fraud resulting in three million dollars of losses to his clients many of whom were elderly. On behalf of his clients he invested primarily in high risk securities and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 23, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many scams are old and have been with us for many years. In fact, the origin of the Nigerian email letter of today is found in a scam that began in the 1500s called the Spanish Prisoner Scam. Many of these old scams have evolved and changed over the years, but...