by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 23, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many people across the country are receiving communications through email, text messages or even personal visits from scammers who indicate that they are representatives of various utility companies that supply electricity, fuel oil, or water telling the victims that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is one of our more trusted institutions of government so people usually trust what they are told by FBI agents. Unfortunately, too many people also trust what they are told by scammers who are merely impersonating FBI...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As a part of a massive federal effort to reduce Medicare fraud, federal law enforcement authorities have arrested more than a hundred doctors and other health care professionals involved in Medicare scams that cost taxpayers an estimated 452 million dollars. Medicare...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 15, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I have mentioned in the past, identity theft from children is a particularly dangerous form of identity theft because often the identity theft is not discovered until the child is a teenager and doing activities such as applying for financial aid for college,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It has recently come to light that many non-profit charities when filing their Form 990 tax return which is required to be filed by tax-exempt organizations have included the Social Security numbers of those people making charitable donations. These forms are open to...
