by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 5, 2026 | Scam of the day
A recent study by the VA found that scammers contacted 39% of all veterans and more than 25% were scammed out of more than $500. Each year veterans and military families are scammed out of hundreds of millions of dollars. According to the FTC veterans and military...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
Imposter 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 emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the years about scams targeting veterans and with good reason. While scams affect us all, according to a witness at a recent Senate Committee on Aging hearing, veterans are twice as likely to be scammed than the general population and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
The General Accountability Office (GAO) which issues unbiased and extremely important studies on behalf of the federal government recently issued its report about the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to protect disabled veterans from being scammed. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I reported to you many times before, Medicare continues to use enrollees’ Social Security numbers as their identification numbers featured prominently on their Medicare identification cards. This, of course, increases dramatically the risk of identity theft...
