by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
After more than a year of dramatically reduced air travel, the summer skies are quite busy as are airports and with busy airports come long, aggravating security check-ins. Fortunately, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has a long standing program...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently, investment advisors Saybrook Fund Advisors LLC suffered a major data breach in which a cybercriminal hacked into the email account of one of Saybrook’s employees and was able to access sensitive personal data contained in emails and attachments to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
Since the pandemic began, I have written many times about cybercriminals making phony applications for unemployment benefits using the names of real Americans whose personal information they have accessed. For one of my earliest Scams of the day that dealt with this...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for four years 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 which is that Mavis Wanczyk is giving money...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 12, 2021 | 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...
