by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today is Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season although I have been seeing holiday shopping displays since Halloween. The fact that Black Friday is such a huge shopping day is not lost on scammers who will be as pervasive as ever. Over the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
While Thanksgiving is still two days away, many people already have their hearts and minds focused on one of the biggest shopping days of the year – Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
In 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about the dangers presented by skimmers on gas pumps. I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers for many years. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 10, 2020 | Scam of the day
Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from the magnetic strip credit card or debit card used which then permits the identity...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 5, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I wrote five years ago, but I have received reports that this scam is still being perpetrated so I thought I would warn you about it again. It is a particularly clever scam. It starts when you receive a call from a...
