by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 20, 2022 | Scam of the day
The midterm elections are five months away and candidates around the country are actively fund raising. Scammers are taking advantage of the public’s interest in the elections to make robocalls in which they pose as candidates asking for donations. This...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2021 | Scam of the day
This particular scam is one about which I have warned you many times over the years, but it deserves another warning because it is still occurring throughout the country. Recently, the electrical utility company National Grid published a warning about scammers posing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 25, 2021 | Scam of the day
This particular scam is one about which I have warned you many times over the years, but it deserves another warning because it is still occurring throughout the country. Recently, the Hartford Connecticut Police Department issued a warning that people were...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 23, 2021 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the, FBI,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2021 | Scam of the day
A recent survey done by Harris Poll on behalf of Truecaller, a company that provides phone security services concludes that during the last twelve months approximately 56 million Americans were victims of various phone scams at a cost of almost 20 billion dollars. ...
