by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
Two years ago I told you about a scam where scammers lured people into providing their bank account number and bank’s routing number to the scammer under the pretense of needing the information in order to send you a reward for finding a stolen car that, in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes are common occurrences. Hurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc in Jamaica. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and earthquakes bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
Celebrating Halloween has become a major event in recent years with many adults searching for elaborate costumes and of course whenever many people are interested in something, scammers appear ready to take advantage of that interest. Scammers have set up phony...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
Last year Galina Bailey and her husband decided to invest their savings. Unfortunately, rather than consider established, legitimate investment advisers and companies they chose their invstment adviser through a post they saw on social media. When they realized...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams in the United States are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost of 1.9 billion dollars in 2024 and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not...
