by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 25, 2019 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, Andrei Tyurin, a Russian hacker pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit computer hacking. The charges stemmed from a number of large data breaches done by Tyurin including, most notably the 2014 data...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 24, 2019 | Scam of the day
Affinity fraud is the name for the type of fraud where people put undeserved trust in someone offering an investment opportunity because that person is “someone like me.” Affinity fraud works because people trust other people who may share a common bond,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 23, 2019 | Scam of the day
While not all offers of a “free” trial of a product from a company are scams, this is the basis of many sams. The scams begin with ads that appear to offer a free trial of a product with the consumer only being required to pay a small shipping and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was just a few weeks ago that I warned you again about extortion emails in which the intended victim is told in the email that his computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of him watching porn online. A Scamicide reader recently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 21, 2019 | 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. ...
