by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
The recent arrest in Florida of two scammers has highlighted a new scam criminals are using to enable them to charge expensive cell phone to your accounts. According to Clearwater, Florida police, Ah’jhzae Diamondric Artag Berry and Keith Ramsey contacted their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 3, 2019 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams where the scammers pose as IRS agents, Social Security employees, law enforcement and many others are a staple of scammers. They often make these calls from large call centers that can be located anywhere in the world. Through “spoofing”...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 1, 2019 | Scam of the day
While the 2020 presidential election is more than a year away, the intensity of the debate over political issues in this country is extremely high and scammers are taking advantage of that fact by using robocalls to call people posing as prominent politicians, such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about phony kidnapping scams, also known as virtual kidnapping, for seven years, but recently there has been a resurgence of this particular scam around the country. The scam starts with a telephone call informing the person answering the...
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...
