by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued a warning recently about an increase in car dealer cloning. Car dealer cloning occurs when a scammer sets up a website or social media profile as a legitimate car dealer. The website and social media posts use images...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and, as such, has long been attractive to scammers seeking to piggy-back on the sites good reputation. Recently the number of job scams being found on LinkedIn has increased dramatically. A recent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
Bourbon has seen a large increase in popularity in the last ten years with bourbon sales reaching $5.1 billion in 2022. The increase is reflective of the wide range of people, including women and younger people, in particular, turning to bourbon as a spirit of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 24, 2024 | Scam of the day
Celebrating Halloween has become a major event in recent years with many adults searching for elaborate costumes and of course whenever many people are interested in something, scammers appear ready to take advantage of that interest. Scammers have set up phony...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Creative scammers have come up with a new way to scam you when you shop online. For years, I have warned you about phony retail websites that either appear to be that of legitimate retailers such as Wallmart or are just websites that come up high in a search engine...