by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently the Bradenton Florida Police Department issued a warning about a significant increase in a funeral home call scam. The scam begins when scammers posing as funeral homes call the families of the deceased demanding money be paid to them, often by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
The holiday season will soon be upon us. This is a time when many people give to charities. In particular, you will most likely be contacted by numerous people soliciting charitable contributions on behalf of organizations purporting to support the brave men and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
As we all know, health insurance can be complicated and expensive. During the Covid pandemic eligible families were able to turn to Medicaid’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for help, but now that the pandemic has ended some state CHIP...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
Most new scams are merely variations of older scam and today’s Scam of the day is one of those. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning doctors, nurses and other medical personnel of a scam in which the targeted victim receives a phone call from the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2023 | 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, FBI,...
