by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are one of the most prevalent types of scams. Scammers cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking people into sending money to the scammers after being told that they have won a lottery, but are required to pay some fees or taxes in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 26, 2021 | Scam of the day
The primary way to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic is through enough people becoming vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Health officials have indicated that 70% of the population would be required to be vaccinated to reach this important goal. Unfortunately,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
It was just 25 days ago that I last wrote about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk, but the proliferation of new scams tied to her makes it important to warn you again. Perhaps it is due to the financial strain so many people are under during this time of the Coronavirus...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the years, I have written many times about lottery and sweepstakes scams, which continue to be one of the most popular and profitable scams for scammers. Scammers use lottery and sweepstakes scams to cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking...
