by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Sophisticated scammers are adept at adapting the latest technologies and using them for purposes of scams. A wide variety of scams involve the scammer convincing the victim to send money to the scammer under a wide variety of pretenses including romance scams and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
Scam artists around the world should probably honor Charles Ponzi, the man who perfected the scheme that bears his name that has been used by many scammers to steal billions of dollars from unwitting victims who made the mistake of investing their money with such...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pets, particularly puppies are a popular holiday gift. People buy dogs or other pets on line and, although they think they are taking proper precautions, they often end up getting nothing in return for the money that they wire to the scammer who may have a website or...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. Generally this scam involves an email to the people who control payments at a targeted company. These people receive an email purportedly from the CEO, company...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scammers often tell their victims to wire the money that they lure their victims to part with because unlike a check, where payment can be stopped, once funds have been sent electronically by wire, there is little chance of recovering the money when the scam is...
