by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for January 20, 2018 I first told you that the FTC was mailing thousands of checks totaling 2.2 million dollars to the victims of a telemarketing scam through which the scammers promised substantial income to people who paid for their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 25, 2022 | Scam of the day
Phony advertisements for non-existent jobs that lure people into either giving the scammer money or personal information that can be used for purposes of identity theft have been a common scam for many years, but particularly during the pandemic this scam has gotten...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2021 | Scam of the day
Working at home sounds very appealing particularly during these days of the Coronavirus pandemic. No commute and you get to work in your pajamas. During the Coronavirus pandemic many of us have worked from home and the idea of working from home is very attractive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2021 | Scam of the day
Working at home sounds very appealing particularly during these days of the Coronavirus pandemic. No commute and you get to work in your pajamas. Recently, the FTC shut down a work at home scam being done by Moda Latina BZInc., Esther Virginia Fernandez Acquire and...
