by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
Many people take Winter vacations during the holiday season. Renting vacation homes rather than going to hotels has been increasingly popular in recent years. There are many excellent websites such as VRBO and Homeaway that offer wonderful vacation homes. Many...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 2, 2023 | Scam of the day
Facebook Marketplace is a free service on Facebook where millions of people buy and sell all manner of goods Often people can get some tremendous bargains and sellers can get an easy, low cost way to sell things. Around this time of year, we often see an increase in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 24, 2022 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 20, 2020 | Scam of the day
Peer to Peer Payment Payment Services (P2P) such as Zelle, Venmo, ApplePay, PayPal, Square Cash and PopMoney are popular ways to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from your credit card or bank account. Recently, the P2P service Cash App has become...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 31, 2019 | Scam of the day
While it is only the first of April, many people will be renting a vacation home in the days and weeks ahead in order to get a high demand rental at the beach, mountains or some other vacation venue. Reports of these scams are already being reported on Martha’s...