by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the scam of the day for September 29, 2022 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) had sued a number of companies and their owners doing business under the names Home...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General, a federal court has temporarily halted an alleged sham credit card interest rate reduction operation that often targeted financially distressed consumers and older adults....
by admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Regular readers of Scamicide.com will remember that I have written about the Jamaica lottery scam for more than three years. Jamaica is a hot bed of phony lottery scams, victimizing unwary Americans for more than ten years. It has been estimated that Jamaican...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The FTC has obtained injunctions closing down a major telemarketing scam that stole more than twenty million dollars from senior citizens. The telemarketing used promises of various services including, ironically, fraud protection. Other services being sold were...
