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Scams
182 published works
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Fake Orchestras and COVID-19 Scams
Jessica Chicchitto Hindman is a professor of creative writing. But, as a teenager in Appalachia, she wanted to be a professional violinist. Accepted to study music at Columbia University, she…
Start-up Group
USPTO Warns of Trademark Application Scammers
By gbogartdickinsonlaw-com-dickinson-mackaman-tyl
There is nothing more important to a successful business than its brand, and the scam artists are eager to take advantage of this fact. For those of you who are…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Watch Out for Credit Repair Scams
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Having a bad credit score can negatively impact your life in a big way. It can prevent you from getting loans for things you need – everything from buying a…
The Right Coast
China plant seeds mystery solved? Police, officials think packages sent to US homes could be tied to scam reviews | Fox News
"We have done some researching and it does appear that these seeds are tied with an online scam called brushing , the Whitehouse Police Department in Ohio one of the states…
Ethicking
"Oh I know it'll happen, but it'll never happen to me…"
First, many sympathies to my friends at Holland & Knight. For those of you not in my little nerd world, H&K has one of the biggest and most robust legal…
Mike McBride Online
Linked: A conversation with an iTunes card scammer
By Mike McBride
This is an interesting post, first because I’m surprised the iTunes gift card scam is still happening, and people are still falling for it, but secondly because I think the…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Financial services monthly wrap-up: June 2020
By Jon Ireland, Ray Giblett (AU), Matthew Farnsworth (AU), Stephen Putnins, Anjelica Balis
In June 2020, the Australian regulators continued to recalibrate their priorities and responses due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, ASIC released reports putting investment funds…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Pandemic Scams
By rmorgan
Not surprising, but come on scammers. Well anyway, there's a proliferation of scams tied to COVID, not that any of us should find this unexpected. See, e.g., Corona Virus Scams, …
Future Lawyer
Scam Spotter – How To Spot The Bad Guys.
By rickgeorges
Scamspotter. Google's new Scam Spotter website is designed to help you spot scam messages and phishing ploys. The top three rules also apply to scams in the physical world. First,…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Pandemic Isolation Complications: When Old Scams Become New Again?
Recently a friend of mine, in her 90s, asked me if I had ever heard of a particular company, one well known for its direct mail campaigns. When she said…