by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 7, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Many people may not remember the name of Mavis L. Wanczyk, but she was the lucky winner of a 758 million dollar Powerball drawing in 2017. Not long after she claimed her prize, a scam started appearing in which many people received an email with the message line...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 5, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I wrote five years ago, but I have received reports that this scam is still being perpetrated so I thought I would warn you about it again. It is a particularly clever scam. It starts when you receive a call from a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 4, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Although cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, may seem to be new. I have been writing in Scamicide.com about cryptocurrency scams for four years. Cryptocurrencies are legitimate, but scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the public’s fascination with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 3, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing emails, encrypts and locks all of the victim’s data. The cybercriminal then threatens to destroy the data unless a bounty is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was just about seven weeks ago that I told you about the arrest of 24 people in New Delhi, India on charges related to operating a tech support scam. Now Indian law enforcement officers working with Microsoft located a major fake tech support call center also...
