by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 14, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the jury duty scam for seven years, but it continues to snare many unwary victims. Recently there have been increasing reports of this scam being perpetrated around the country.The scam starts with a telephone call that you receive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
Microsoft is one of the biggest and most profitable companies in the world with a market valuation of close to a trillion dollars so it might seem surprising to many people who are receiving phone calls telling them that Microsoft is going out of business and a judge...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2019 | Scam of the day
Scams involving utility bills for electric, water or gas services have long been popular with scammers and with much of the country in the grip of cold weather, scammers are using robocalls posing as their targeted victims’ electric utility company threatening...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 25, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Social Security Administration is again warning people about scammers calling on the phone under a variety of pretexts and asking for the Social Security numbers of the people they call. In the hands of an identity thief, it is very simple matter for a criminal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2019 | Scam of the day
Medicare has used a person’s Social Security number as his or her Medicare number since the inception of Medicare in 1965 and despite the rest of the country recognizing that this put Medicare recipients in serious danger of identity theft, Medicare resisted...
