by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently in Maryland Ravinkle Mathon was arraigned in a Maryland court accused of attempting to scam an elderly man out of $200,000 in an elaborate scam that has increased dramatically in the last year. Police say that the scam began with a phone call from Mathon to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 6, 2024 | 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
She’s back! Actually, she has never left. I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for seven 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week sixteen people who were part of a criminal group operating the infamous grandparent scam from the Dominican Republic were indicted on charges related to perpetrating the grandparent scam on hundreds of elderly people in New Jersey, New York,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week sixteen people who were part of a criminal group operating the infamous grandparent scam from the Dominican Republic were indicted on charges related to perpetrating the grandparent scam on hundreds of elderly people in New Jersey, New York,...
