by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 6, 2021 | Scam of the day
Geek Squad is a subsidiary of big box store chain Best Buy and it offers excellent tech support for electronic devices including televisions and computers. They are a popular company used by many people including the Scamicide reader who forwarded the email copied...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Many of you are familiar with the grandparent scam where a grandparent receives a telephone call from someone purporting to be their grandchild who has gotten into some trouble, most commonly a traffic accident, legal trouble or medical problems in a far away place. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Romance scams, which have been a problem for a long time have increased dramatically during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Americans lost more money to romance scams last year than to any other scam and the situation is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 3, 2021 | Scam of the day
In July of 2020 I first reported to you about the hacking of Twitter accounts belonging to many prominent people including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg along with company Twitter accounts of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 2, 2021 | Scam of the day
Xfnity is the trade name of Comcast Cable Communication LLC, a major provider of cable television, internet, phone and wireless services. Recently an Xfinity customer who is also a Scamicide reader reported receiving the following phishing email copied below. As...
