by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Student Scams
A College degree can help you land a good job, but a phony diploma from an organization granting worthless college degrees that require you to do little, if any academic work, but gives you large credit for your “life experience” is just a diploma mill that can, in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day
In desperate times people often let their guard down, which provides a lethal combination for scammers offering loans to people even if they have poor credit. You may get a solicitation for the loan through an email or you may even see it in legitimate media, but you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Scam of the day, Senior Scams, Student Scams
During election years, scam artists call their victims pretending to be from either your local voter registration board or a civic organization offering to either help you register to vote or to confirm your status as an enrolled voter. They then ask you for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Identity Theft, Investment Scams, Phishing / Password Scams, Scam of the day
This is another scam that keeps on returning with slight changes to appear to be something new and even legal, but if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck and a chain letter is easy to spot unless you are blinded by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2012 | Investment Scams, Scam of the day
It worked for Charles Ponzi, it worked many years later for Bernie Madoff and it still works today. This scam is as profitable as it is simple. It is a classic pyramid scheme whereby you are promised returns that may appear too good to be true (and indeed that is...
