by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
It was just less than a week ago that I told you about a data breach at NextGen healthcare, an electronic health record software company which recently notified a million patients that their personal data had been stolen in a major data breach that apparently occurred...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 15, 2023 | Scam of the day
I will be a speaker at a webinar entitled “the Wild Wild World of Scams: Crazy Scam Stories & How to Mitigate Your Risk on May 24th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time and I encourage Scamicide readers to attend this free webinar. Below is a link to click on for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 15, 2023 | Scam of the day
She’s back! I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for six 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
Credit card debt which often carries an interest rate that is so high it could cause a nose bleed is a concern for many people and, as always, anything that concerns many people is something that scammers are interested in. Last November the Federal Trade Commission...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 13, 2023 | Scam of the day
Airbnb is a deservedly popular service that connects homeowners wishing to rent a room or their entire house with vacationers and other travelers in 190 countries around the world. I have used Airbnb many times. Unfortunately, anything popular with the public is also...