by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have often written that our personal information is only as safe and secure as the companies with the worst security measures that hold that information. While there have been a number of class actions by disgruntled consumers whose information was compromised in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 15, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last twelve years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. These scams continue to be effective and are increasing in number so it is important to remind you about them again. Mystery shoppers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
A recent report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicates a 1,000 % increase in money lost to scammers through Bitcoin ATMs in the last three years with consumers reporting losses of more than 110 million dollars in 2023. Bitcoin ATMs look just like...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day involves yet another major data breach. This is the third major data breach I have warned you about in the last four days. This time the victim was Fidelity Investments where 77,099 of its customers had personal information including...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 13, 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 emails from Scamicide readers telling me about various new incarnations of a variety of scams that share the same...
