by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 30, 2020 | Scam of the day
Every year there are a few toys that are in especially high demand. Often it is difficult to find these toys and the prices when you do manage to find them can be pretty expensive which is why so many people are susceptible to being scammed by criminals offering to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you since 2014 about the massive data breach at Home Depot that affected as many as 56 million Home Depot customers between April and September of 2014. A class action on behalf of the victims was settled in 2016 and I reported to you at...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2020 | Scam of the day
Longtime Scamicide readers will remember that I have written many times about a wide variety of investment scams. There are many different investment scams, but generally, people often become victims of investment scams when they invest in things that they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
Perhaps it is due to the financial strain so many people are under during this time of the Coronavirus pandemic, but recently I have received many emails from Scamicide readers telling me about various new incarnations of a variety of scams that share the same hook...