by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
In a sad story out of Elmwood Park, Illinois,Jamil Quandah lost his entire life savings when scammers convinced Quandah to give them remote access to his bank account and Home Equity Credit Line which they promptly drained leaving Quandah penniless. The scam started...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
It is always important to update all of the software you use with the latest security updates and patches as soon as they are available. Numerous hacks and data breaches could have been avoided if individuals as well as companies installed security updates as soon as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day comes from a regular Scamicide reader and 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Deceased identity theft or ghosting is a major problem. The number of deceased people whose identities were stolen last year reached 2.5 milIion people. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
Social Media such as Facebook is filled with surveys, quizzes and games and while they are very popular and often entertaining, they often are exploited by identity thieves. A good example of this is the “10 Concerts, but there is one act that I haven’t...
