by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2023 | Scam of the day
Every year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) releases its list of the biggest scams of the year. 2022 was a banner year for scammers with victims reporting losing 8.8 billion dollars to scams which is a whopping 2.6 billion dollars more than in 2021 and the true...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 7, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today is Mother’s Day and once again we must be vigilant about not falling prey to scams related to this holiday. Anything popular with the public will always be popular with scammers. Although for many of us Mother’s Day is an opportunity to show our...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2022 | Scam of the day
Social media is incredibly popular and, as I have warned you many times, anything popular with the public will always be popular with scammers and so it was not surprising when a recent report of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicated that in 2021 scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today is Mother’s Day and once again we must be vigilant about not falling prey to scams related to this holiday. Anything popular with the public will always be popular with scammers. Although for many of us Mother’s Day is an opportunity to show our...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today is Thanksgiving and many people have already turned their attention to the upcoming holiday shopping season that starts in earnest tomorrow. For many of us, particularly during the Coronavirus pandemic, shopping online is both more convenient and often more...