by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently in Ohio, Mubarik Ibrahim was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $840,000 in restitution for his part in romance scams he and other co-conspirators perpetrated between December of 2014 and April of 2022. He and his cohorts created fake...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
Romance scams continue to be a major problem. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Americans lost more money to romance scams last year than to any other scam and the situation is getting more serious. In 2022, nearly 70,000 people reported a romance...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about the wrong number text message scam. The scam starts when you receive a text message that was obviously intended for someone else. Wanting to be a responsible person, many people respond to the text message telling the sender...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 18, 2023 | Scam of the day
Federal law enforcement recently arrested Mona Faiz Montrage on charges related to operating multiple romance scams in which she is accused of stealing more than two million dollars from her elderly victims. Montrage is a popular Instagram influencer who uses the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 3, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for March 5, 2021 I first told you about the arrest of Kofi Osei in Massachusetts who was charged with using romance scams to steal $535,000 from a woman in California and two women in Florida. He used fake names and after gaining their trust...
