by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently a particular form of affinity fraud has been affecting members of the latino community in California, but the lesson is one that applies to everyone and regardless of where you live. The scam involves a Spanish speaking person approaching another person of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 30, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day came about as a result of a postcard that one of my neighbors recently received that you might well have also gotten. The postcard congratulated her on being selected to receive two free round trip airline tickets to anywhere in the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 29, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I have described in earlier “scams of the day,” Jamaica has become a hub for international lottery scams that have particularly targeted the elderly in America. The scams have been done by phone calls from Jamaica telling unwitting victims that they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 28, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The IRS has just issued a warning about phony letters people are receiving that appear to be from the IRS demanding payment to settle bogus IRS tax liens. In the past, many of these scams have used email or texting which makes it easy to know that the communication...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phony lotteries have long been a staple of scammers and the Olympics have already given scammers an opportunity to scam people through emails that appear to come from legitimate companies, such as Coca Cola that are also advertisers at the Olympics. The phony emails...
