by admin | Aug 26, 2018 | Scam of the day
Hurricane Lane, which first hit Hawaii four days ago has brought severe rains, wind and flooding. This kind of natural disaster brings out the best in us as many people are quick to donate to charities to help the survivors of the storms and the families of the...
by admin | Aug 26, 2018 | Scam of the day
Ferris State University which is located in Big Rapids, Michigan is reporting that its students are receiving phone calls from someone posing as a university official. In the call the student is told that he or she owes money to the university and if they fail to make...
by admin | Aug 25, 2018 | Scam of the day
T-Mobile has become the latest victim of what has become a never-ending series of major data breaches. In a very prompt and responsible statement, T-Mobile announced yesterday that it suffered a data breach on August 20th in which personal information of approximately...
by admin | Aug 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who unfortunately lost $1,600 in a classic mystery shopper scam. In the version of the scam involving the Scamicide reader, she was sent an email from a company along with a legitimate appearing check which...
by admin | Aug 22, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was sent to Scamicide by one of its readers and is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of...
