by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 27, 2023 | Scam of the day
A Scamicide reader recently received the phishing email reproduced below which had as the message line “Your F acebook Account is Temporary Blocked (Critical Login Attemp) Please Verification is NEEDED.” This is typical of phishing emails that they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is warning the public about an increase of phony grant scams. Recently there have been an increase in scams involving scammers convincing their victims that they are eligible for large...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
A recent data breach at iDTech a coding camp for children that provides on-campus as well as online tech and coding courses has resulted in the hacker offering for sale on the Dark Web approximately a million records including names, dates of birth, email addresses...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 24, 2023 | Scam of the day
When I first started Scamicide more than ten years ago, “things aren’t as bad as you think… they are far worse” was prominently featured toward the top of the first page of the blog and unfortunately, that statement appears to be true evidenced...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
Smart TVs are terrific. Unlike old television sets that were not connected to the internet, smart TVs are connected to the internet which means that you can stream movies from Netflix and other streaming services, play video games and access a wide variety of apps. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2023 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason for this is that you get greater email privacy...
