by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 6, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently the background check company Been Verified issued a list of its twelve most common phone scams being perpetrated today. The phone is a primary method for scammers who can make large numbers of calls or texts using computers rather than actual phones. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about a scam they call “The Phantom Hacker.” The scam starts with a pop-up on your computer, a text message, email or phone call from the scammer posing as a legitimate tech company informing the victim that here appears...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are among the most common scams and although these scams take many different forms, they all have in common that you have won a lottery you never even entered (quite a feat) and that you must now pay money for either taxes or administrative fees in order...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
Last Friday, the FBI announced that it had recovered almost 3 million dollars worth of Bitcoins that were the proceeds of a scam operated by as of yet unidentified scammers perpetrating an elaborate phone scam on elderly Americans and first generation American...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 3, 2022 | Scam of the day
With the important mid-term elections rapidly approaching, scammers are busy taking advantage of this fact to scam people and make them victims of identity theft. One common election scam involves a telephone call you receive purportedly from one of the political...
