by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2021 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
Phony charities are big business for scammers who prey upon generous people who think they are contributing to help those in need. I have written many times over the years about a wide variety of phony charities and the efforts of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 11, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Coronavirus pandemic still is raging in many parts of the world, particularly the United States where people are lining up for hours to get a Coronavirus test. Taking advantage of public concern are scammers who are using illegal robocalls to scam people out of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 3, 2020 | Scam of the day
Early this year the Senate Aging Committee released its annual report in which it indicated that fraudulent phone calls where scammers pose as Social Security Administration employees asking for personal information were the number one phone scam last year. Scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 22, 2020 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...