by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about this particular scam preying upon home buyers for three years. Earlier this summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a warning about the scam and its dramatic increase. This week there were reports about the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
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. | Nov 3, 2019 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters, such as the dozens of wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands of people in California to flee their homes bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to help the victims. Unfortunately natural disasters also bring out the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs and credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on those...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 1, 2019 | Scam of the day
More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their attention on these students and former students through scams that falsely promise to provide...
