by admin | Jan 12, 2018 | Scam of the day
Mortgage modification or refinancing scams are always popular and I have written about them here at Scamicide.com for years. Recently many people are reporting being contacted in regard to the HARP program about refinancing their mortgages. These emails are scams. The...
by admin | Jan 11, 2018 | Scam of the day
Many of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, either a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a far away place. The...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. Generally this scam involves an email to the people who control payments at a targeted company. These people receive an email purportedly from the CEO, company...
by admin | Jan 9, 2018 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
by admin | Jan 8, 2018 | Scam of the day
Millions of people still use AOL. One reason is that you get greater email privacy when compared to some other email carriers. Due to its popularity, scammers and identity thieves often send out phishing emails that appear to come from AOL, such as the one reproduced...