by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Dalai Llama has said that his religion is very simple – it is kindness. And certainly we all could use a bit more kindness in our lives, however, when the word “kindly” appears in an email or text message that you receive, it can be a tip off...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 11, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
More and more people are using Craigslist as a source for home rentals, however enterprising scammers are using Craigslist to put phony listings and tricking people into sending money as a security deposit or first month’s rent before they find out that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 12, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Later this Fall, Nigerian Emmanuel Ekhator will be going on trial in the Federal District Court for Pennsylvania on charges that he stole more than 32 million dollars from lawyers using a simple, but effective scam against law firms that should know better. The way...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 8, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the country of Nigeria comes to mind when we think about countries from which many scams originate, as I warned you in my “scam of the day” of April 18, 2012, Jamaica has become a hotbed of phony lottery scams. This week the Jamaican Assistant...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Charity Scams, Investment Scams, Scam of the day
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the scam itself is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Con. At that time a letter was sent to the...
