by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is warning people about a new scam that starts when you receive a text message from a scammer posing as a talent scout offering auditions for a well-known movie or television show. The text message asks if you are available for a virtual...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about an imposter scam that starts with a phone call that appears to come from John Krebs, the Chief Privacy Officer of the FTC. The scammer, posing as John Krebs identifies himself as “agent”...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 14, 2025 | Scam of the day
It seems just about everywhere you look on television and online, reporters are now issuing dire warnings about gift card scams. This, however, is nothing new. Longtime readers of Scamicide may remember that I have been warning you about these scams since 2012. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 13, 2025 | Scam of the day
On November 20th I told you that Doordash had suffered a major data breach on October 25th, but took 19 days before it notified by email millions of its customers that personal information of theirs had been compromised. The information consisted of names,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Until regulations were enacted in 2014 scammers merely checked out the latest obituaries and then went to a free totally available data bank called the...
