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Scam of the day – June 1, 2020 – AOL Phishing Email

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 31, 2020 | Scam of the day

Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account.  If you click on the link two things can occur and both are bad.  Either you will end up...

Scam of the day – May 31, 2020 – Is That Stimulus Debit Card Your Got in the Mail a Scam?

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 30, 2020 | Scam of the day

Earlier this month the Treasury Department announced that it had electronically sent more than 200 billion dollars of CARES Act stimulus payments to approximately 130 million Americans in the program’s first four weeks.  Payments under the CARES Act are...

Scam of the day – May 30, 2020 – Mavis Wanczyk Lottery Scam Continues to Grow

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2020 | Scam of the day

It was just 25 days ago that I last wrote about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk, but the proliferation of new scams tied to her makes it important to warn you again.  Perhaps it is due to the financial strain so many people are under during this time of the Coronavirus...

Scam of the day – May 29, 2020 – FTC Settles Crowdfunding Complaint

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 28, 2020 | Scam of the day

Crowdfunding is the name for the popular process by which people raise funds for a wide variety of projects from movie making to the development of new businesses.  Unfortunately, as I have been warning you since 2012, the potential for crowdfunding scams is...

Scam of the day – May 28, 2020 – PayPal Phishing Scam

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 27, 2020 | Scam of the day

Here is another good example of a phishing email that is presently being circulated. It was sent to me by a Scamicide reader who received it.  It makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam.  Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure...
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