2016 to date, we have received 31 inquires through our 5 offices from potential clients regarding being ripped-off by online car scams. We did not any of these cases. If we did, it would just continue the harm caused to these unsuspecting people.
Let me explain the con as “Jack” told me his story in my Los Angeles office this past week.
Hard financial times can happen to good people. Businesses that offer emergency loans are a BAD idea. This post explains why, and outlines how to borrow money responsibly.
I am familiar with the lifestyles of the rich and famous here in Orange County.
Believe me, my “regular” clients – men and women with a condo and a job, who go out to eat once a week and vacation once a year – are far happier and more fulfilled than those they read about in the tabloids.
I was surprised to learn that Prince never instructed his legal team to develop a will or trust.
It’s important to have a will. That goes for rich people, and average citizens who own a small house, old car and work a regular job. Anyone with a net worth of a hundred thousand dollars or more should have a will – or better yet, a trust.
As someone who has traveled to more than 125 foreign countries for my work as a DEA agent and in private practice as a private investigator, I have seen every possible variation of the ugly American abroad.
It’s tax season again, and this year con-artists have really turned up their game: Claiming to be IRS agents, pretending to be local law enforcement officers, spoofing their caller ID to display 911.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to discuss a common phenomenon in the online dating world – the long-distance love con. While both men and women fall for romantic scams, my client base is 80% female. I will direct this post to the ladies.
There is not a day that goes by in my office without a phone call from a female having an issue related to an Internet dating site. (We actually get about ten of these calls per week.) The purpose of these calls is that the woman wants us to verify whether a man she has been corresponding with is actually who his profile says he is.
Have you ever a sign like the one above while you are out driving? Ever wonder what the deal is with them? Recently, I’ve received a couple requests to write about this scam, so here’s the deal.
Nearly always handwritten on cheap plastic posterboard and zip-tied to signs and posts, these signs are found nationwide, utilizing different phone numbers.
To me it’s intuitively ridiculous. Why / how / would / could anyone even consider an “opportunity” like this, given the poor level of presentation?
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Nigerian letter, a common example of the 419 or advanced-fee fraud.
As of late, advance-fee frauds have had somewhat of a resurgence. Last week I was contacted about one such scam, purported as “The National Lottery”.
This scam is gaining some serious momentum. Word is that people are positively responding in record numbers. It won’t be long until other scammers join the fray.
In any divorce due to an affair, you’re going to see financial infidelity – the hiding of assets.
Our case of the week involves a woman in exactly this situation.
