by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
Pyramid schemes are a type of scam that has been around for many years, but keeps popping up and scamming unsuspecting victims taken in both by their lack of skepticism and an abundance of greed, which is a profitable combination for scam artists. Recently, Bob...
by admin | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is old, is new again. According to numerous reports around the country, the Secret Sister scam is back. I first reported to you about this scam in 2015. It seems harmless enough when you see it come up in your email or on social media, such as Facebook and...
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It seems harmless enough when you see it come up on your Facebook page. It is often titled the “Secret Sister Gift Exchange” and it provides you with a list of six people. You are told to send a gift worth at least ten dollars to the first person on the...
by admin | Sep 4, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
At the request of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawyers, a judge has issued a temporary injunction shutting down Vemma Nutrition Company, which the FTC describes in its court complaint as an illegal pyramid scheme that preyed primarily upon college students and other...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A year ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won a Court of Appeals decision against BurnLounge Inc, Juan Alexander Arnold, John Taylor and Rob DeBoer relating to an illegal pyramid scam that had lured more than 56,000 people into investing in, what was represented...
