by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 18, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not all “Nigerian Letter Scams” come from Nigeria. Some of them may appear to come from Ghana, as the email copied below purports to be. This particular email turned up recently in my email box and it is worth reminding people not to fall prey to this,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may never have even heard of the Republic of Benin which is an African country that has been the subject matter of many recent scams, such as found in the email below which I recently received. Apparently the scammers believe that if you receive an email...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Emails seeking your help in getting access to large amounts of money are not just coming from your friends and relatives in Nigeria. A new scam, similar in nature, has surfaced recently by way of an email that appears to come from an American soldier who is seeking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
For many years, the coin of the realm for many scams was wired funds because once funds were wired from your bank or a company such as Western Union, the money was gone, unprotected by consumer laws, difficult to trace and could not be easily recovered. Many schemes...
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...
