by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 17, 2026 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the federal government sanctioned Prince Group, a Cambodian conglomerate after designating it a transnational criminal organization. These sanctions prevent American companies and individuals from doing business with it. At that same time, its...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
Romance scams where scammers convince people that they are in love with them and once they have gained their trust and an emotional connection ask under a variety of pretenses for money has only gotten worse with AI being able to be used for scammers to appear as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
Romance scams where scammers convince people that they are in love with them and once they have gained their trust and an emotional connection ask under a variety of pretenses for money has only gotten worse with AI being able to be used for scammers to appear as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about romance scams for many years. Romance scams generally follow a familiar pattern with the scammers establishing relationships with people, generally women, online through various legitimate dating websites and social media using fake...