by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2023 | 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. According to the FTC, consumers lost 233 million dollars to gift card scams last year. It is not even necessary for the scammer...
by admin | Oct 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
At one time Apple computer users believed that they were not as vulnerable to scams as Microsoft users because scammers focused their attention on Microsoft and the Windows operating system. While this may have been true at one time, it certainly is not true any...
by admin | Aug 30, 2018 | Scam of the day
I first warned you about this particular scam in June of 2017, but it has recently resurfaced in many places around the country including North Carolina, Louisiana and Nebraska in great numbers although the threat is present in every state. Local church members are...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Securities Division of the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office has recently issued a new warning to consumers about scams in which payment is asked for through iTunes gift cards. I have been warning you about this type of scam for years. The scam...
by admin | May 10, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was just six days ago that I described to you how scammers posing as IRS agents are calling people, threatening them with serious penalties including jail time if they did not pay the scammers by way of iTunes gift cards. Although it may seem ridiculous that...
