by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
Posing as a famous person on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram has proven to be quite lucrative for many scammers who are able to convince unsuspecting victims to rely on the phony accounts. Setting up a social media account is easy to do for a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
The new school year is just around the corner and school shopping is in high gear for many parents and students. Much of back to school shopping, like other shopping, is done online and people are constantly looking for bargains from trusted companies such as Walmart...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
In addition to Scamicide, I write a weekly column for Forbes Magazine. Here is a link to an important column I wrote about tech support scams which I urge you to read....
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are a common occurence which is disturbing because they can readily lead to your identity being stolen or you becoming a victim of a scam as the hackers leverage the data they steal to lure you into a scam. Credit reporting agency TransUnion is the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last fifteen years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. Recently a Georgia woman lost $2,650 when she responded to a letter sending her a check for $2,650 with an offer to become a mystery...
