by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 20, 2025 | Scam of the day
She’s back! I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for eight 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. | Jun 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
It is June and many of us are thinking about taking our summer vacations that we look forward to all year, however, scammers are also taking advantage of our vacation interest to scam us and the companies we work for. One new scam involves your getting an email that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was originally sent to me by a Scamicide reader who listed a small item for sale on Craigslist along with his cell phone number for people to contact him. Someone responded to his ad through a text message in which they indicated that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
As we all know, passwords as a method of authentication for your accounts are not particularly secure. Passwords may be stolen or compromised in a data breach. Biometrics such as a finger print are a good tool for verification to open your phone, but what about...
