by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 25, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is reporting a substantial increase in a scam by which people are receiving text messages that appear to come from UPS, Federal Express or the U.S. Postal Service indicating that there is a package that has been waiting to be delivered and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 24, 2020 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters, such as the recent wildfires in California and the Pacific Northwest have caused tremendous destruction Natural disasters such as this bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to help the victims. Unfortunately natural disasters...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the dangers of ransomware for five years, but today’s ransomware story involves the first reported incident where a ransomware attack has actually resulted in a fatality. A hospital in Germany was forced to turn away patients...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 22, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was sent to me by a Scamicide reader who listed a small item for sale on Craigslist along with his cell phone number for people to contact him. Someone responded to his ad through a text message indicated that they were interested in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 21, 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 origin of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when it was...
