by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
The website TJSummers.com is falesly offering a $750 Trader Joe’s gift card in retrun for completing simple surveys, but there are no gift cards and it is merely a scam designed to gather personal information that can be used for identity theft or to make...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
Often the scams that are the most effective are the ones that have just a bit of truth to them. For instance, mystery shopper scams often appeal to victims of the scam because they know there actually are people who are paid to shop. And so it is with the latest...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
She’s back! Actually, she has never left. I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for eight 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and, as such, has long been attractive to scammers seeking to piggy-back on the sites good reputation. Recently the number of job scams being found on LinkedIn has increased dramatically. A recent...
