by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 12, 2026 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs as well as credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 11, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for August 29, 2023 I told you about, scammers posing as local humane societies or animal control officers calling pet owners who have lost pets telling them that they have found the pet and asking for an immediate payment over the phone in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
Many people are receiving letters, phone calls and even visits from people representing that they are with the United States Census Bureau taking a survey known as the American Community Survey. While it is true that the official United States Census is only done...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 9, 2026 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one that I have been warning you about since 2012, but lately there has been a resurgence of this scam as indicated by the number of Scamicide readers who have inquired about this scam after receiving a confusing notice. The scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
Being in debt is a difficult situation faced by many people. Unfortunately, it can be made much worse when debtors are targeted by unscrupulous scammers posing as debt relief specialists who steal from the people in debt. In the Scam of the day for July 18, 2020 I...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 7, 2026 | Scam of the day
Gift card draining scams have become a huge problem with some estimates as to the amount of money lost to this type of scam anywhere from $200 million to a billion dollars in the last two years. Longtime readers of Scamicide may remember that I have been warning you...
