Scams that plague the frum world

Scams are universal, yet sadly it seems the frummer the community the more common place it is to see such activity. From charity fraud to ponzi schemes and from segulas to internet filters, everyone is trying to make a quick buck off the uneducated. Because there is a financial distress and because there is a tendency to believe anything with a rabbis signature we have become a breeding ground for scammers. This site is here to alert the public.

Everyone’s Guide to The Street Smarts

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum    A collection of essays on the topics of chain letters, psychic fraud, Ponzi schemes, MLM pyramid schemes, sch...

The Amuka Scam

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The Amuka Scam has been going on for a long time, but this one takes the cake. There are many articles on this that explain why one shou...

Beware of Kabalistic Scams

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Frauds, charlatans, quacks, and con artists have been with us since time immemorial and have outwitted even the ve...

The Psychic Healer; New Craze Hits Our Community!

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum While I have written many articles warning the public to beware of monetary scams, this short article will dea...

The Clever Art of Psychic Deception

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum The art of conjuring is said to be the second-oldest profession and was once the carefully guarded secret weapo...

Religious Scams

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum No scam is as dangerous and widespread as is the religious scam. It’s the biggest and first scam in the world. ...
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Beware Before Cashing or Accepting Checks

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Even when people present proper identification and their driver’s license, one is advised to beware, since the...

Secrets of the Psychic Exposed

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Part 1 of a 5 part series The clever art of deception By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Watching a psychic at work can be an awesome, astoun...

Stealing One’s Health and Wealth; Quacks, Phonies, Charlatans and Fakers

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Health fraud is an old and very successful business. The reason is simple. When someone is very sick, it’s easy...

The Erosion of Trust; Now You See it, Now You Don’t

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Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum With the Enron scandal heading the list, and the many others such as Global Crossing, Tyco International, and Worl...

Watch Out for the “Ponzi”

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Mr. Smith (not his real name) was a well-to-do lawyer with an excellent reputation for honesty, very personable...

The Ponzi Scheme

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Ponzi schemes come and go every few years and lots of people wind up falling for them. They are built on lots o...

Navigating the Road of Verbal Deception!

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum A careful look at the world we live in should easily convince us that deceit, lies, verbal chicanery, and dec...

How to Lose Your Money the “Quick and Easy Way”

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Once again people learned the age old adage that states that “if it’s too good to be true then it probably is” ...
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Scamway to Close its Doors

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By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum I must admit that I was caught by surprise when I recently read that one of the oldest and biggest MLM companie...
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