by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
Just as about everything else we do today has migrated online so has buying a used car, however, buying a used car, which is always an activity ripe for scams, is particularly susceptible to scams when you are buying a used car online. This doesn’t mean that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for four years.. Many of you may not remember the name of Mavis Wanczyk, but she was the lucky winner of a 758 million dollar Powerball drawing in 2017. Not long after she claimed her prize, a scam started...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
I wrote about today’s Scam of the day previously this year but am repeating it again because I have heard from a number of Scamicide readers who have been targeted by this scam. The scam starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
I am sure most 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning members of the LGBTQ+ community about extortion scams turning up on LGBTQ+ dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld. Unlike the typical romance scam about which I have written many times, in these new scams the scammers...
