by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 8, 2022 | Scam of the day
Ponzi schemer Perry Santillo, known as “King Perry” was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme he had been involved with since 2007 that stole 115 million dollars from more than a thousand investors, man of whom were elderly. His...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 7, 2022 | Scam of the day
Although the name may not be as familiar as “phishing” which is the name for emails that lure you into clicking on malware infected links or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, “smishing” is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about the about the avoidable Equifax data breach in which personal data on more than 147 million people was stolen and legal actions related to the data breach since 2017 when the data breach occurred. The personal information compromised...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 5, 2022 | Scam of the day
For the last month multiple Facebook accounts have posted posts like the one reproduced below with a photo of comedian Ellen De Generes (not Ellen Degeeneress, as the scammers refer to her in the posts) promising to pay $750 to random winners. The scam’s goal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 4, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one that I have been warning you about since 2012, but lately there has been a resurgence of this scam as indicated by the number of Scamicide readers who have inquired about this scam after receiving a confusing notice. The scam...
