by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 20, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it had sent out 30 more warning letters to companies marketing phony cures and treatments for the Coronavirus. This brings the total number of companies who have received such cease and desist letters to 250...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
Tomorrow is Father’s Day which for many people is an opportunity to show our fathers how much we love and appreciate them. For scam artists, it is yet another opportunity to scam people. One of the most common Father’s Day scams involves e-cards which are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
The phishing email that makes up today’s Scam of the day is very well crafted. It was sent to me by a Scamicide reader and her first name appeared in the phishing email making it appear legitimate. For privacy purposes I have crossed out the Scamicide...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
Here is a link to a very helpful article from the New York Times by Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard with information about financial strategies for the pandemic. In the last part of the article it deals with protecting yourself from Scams and cites The Consumer...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day 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 the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
