by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
WeChat and Weixin are Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment apps developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, they became the world’s largest standalone mobile apps in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. The Federal Trade...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2023 | Scam of the day
Phillip Galles was recently criminally charged with operating a Ponzi scheme through which he allegedly stole more than two million dollars from unwary investors who he convinced that he was investing their money in commodity futures, but, according to federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
Had he not died in 1949, today would have been Charles Ponzi’s 137th birthday. Scam artists around the world should probably honor the man who perfected the scheme that bears his name that has been used by many scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as...
