by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
The day before they were about to embark on a long planned for $15,000 cruise on Carnival Cruise Line, a Kentucky family found out that their trip had been cancelled and that they would not be receiving a refund from Carnival. The problem stemmed from the family...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 24, 2022 | Scam of the day
I am sure most of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, most commonly a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a far...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for eight years. The scam starts with a telephone call informing the person answering the phone that a child or other relative has been kidnapped and if the person receiving the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2021 | Scam of the day
Clubhouse is a social networking app used by millions of people, including Tesla founder Elon Muska and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, providing chat rooms to discuss a wide variety of topics. Unlike some other social media, Clubhouse only involves audio with no text,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
As we all spend more time in social isolation, we are also spending more time on social media and many of us are spending some of that social media time taking Facebook quizzes. Facebook quizzes are very popular, but they can be exploited by identity thieves. A good...
