Venmo scams are on the rise in Upstate New York as scammers are using sneaky tactics to trick unsuspecting victims and compromise their financial security.
New Yorkers are falling hard for employment scams, so hard that the BBB fired up its Scam Tracker and dropped a bunch of figures to prove to us what's going on.
Any individual, business, or organization that commits a case of COVID-19 fraud in the state of New York will now face stiffer penalties thanks to two new laws.
Conning an elderly person who trusts humanity, and/or may not realize they are about to be scammed out of their hard-earned money, is the lowest of the low.