by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2023 | Scam of the day
I recently received an email from a Scamicide subscriber who was concerned about a possible scam. She received a text message that was obviously intended for someone else. Wanting to be a responsible person, she responded to the text message telling the sender that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 12, 2023 | Scam of the day
A common theme in many scams, including phony lottery scams and the infamous grandparent scam, is that the scammers will require the victim to wire money or use gift cards rather than use a credit card or a check. Once money has been wired or gift card information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
Two days ago, Alrick Anthony Gardner was indicted on charges alleging he operated a sweepstakes scam that stole millions of dollars from unsuspecting elderly victims. According to the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, Gardner and others working with him called their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires are common occurrences. Recently parts of Syria and Turkey have been suffered devastating earthquakes causing incredible damage and tremendous loss of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, wildfires,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently, a man in Australia was scammed out of $22,000 through a sophisticated text message scam. It started with a text message that appeared to be an alert from his bank informing him that someone had just tried to setup a payment from his account to a new payee. ...
