by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
On June 22nd I first informed you that Aflac had disclosed two days earlier that it had suffered a data breach that may have compromised sensitive personal information held by the company, which offers a range of insurance products to millions of people. According to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one that I first wrote about in April of 2024, but judging by an email I recently received from a Scamicide reader the problem does not appear to be resolved. Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
July 8th through 11th are Amazon Prime Day which is odd to say. Amazon really should change the name for the four day event to Amazon Prime Days. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
Online purchases which already were sizable grew tremendously during the Coronavirus pandemic and now are extremely commonplace so it is not surprising that scammers are attempting to use that fact to create scams. I have reported to you about delivery scams for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 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 will download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing...
