by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
We are starting the Fall high school sports season and more and more people are choosing to watch the games streaming online rather than attend the games in person. Streaming of high school sports increased dramatically during the pandemic and even now that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
The school year for college has just begun and scammers are taking advantage of this to target college students and their parents with phone calls in which the scammers pose as the school’s financial aid office or bursar’s office. They tell the student or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
I 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 by telling the sender that it had...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 2, 2024 | Scam of the day
Identity theft of children is a huge problem According to Michael Bruemmer the Vice President of Consumer Protection for Experian 25% of minors will have their identities stolen before they turn 18. Identity thieves steal the identity of a child and then run up large...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently the Bradenton Florida Police Department issued a warning about a significant increase in a funeral home call scam. The scam begins when scammers posing as funeral homes call the families of the deceased demanding money be paid to them, often by...
