by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 22, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued a warning about a dramatic increase in telephone scams involving scammers posing as utility company customer service representatives demanding immediate payments and threatening to turn off electrical power if a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
With the Coronavirus pandemic somewhat abating, more and more people are traveling and scammers are taking advantage of that fact. Recently there have been reports about a “new” scam that I first warned you about in 2013. It involves calls to hotel...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 9, 2021 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes, are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 1, 2021 | Scam of the day
Impostor scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2021 | Scam of the day
Geek Squad is a subsidiary of big box store chain Best Buy and it offers excellent tech support for electronic devices including televisions and computers. In the March 7, 2021 Scam of the day...
