by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 2, 2019 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Combine the popularity of Amazon with the popularity of gift cards and you have something scammers have turned into a scam that is resulting in many people losing a lot of money. The scam starts with the targeted victim being contacted by an email, phone call or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2019 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Although cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, may seem to be new. I have been writing in Scamicide.com about cryptocurrency scams for four years. Cryptocurrencies are legitimate, but scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the public’s fascination with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Last Fall, I warned you about scams involving the SAT and PSAT exams administered by the College Board. Fall is a time of the year when high school students who are anticipating attending college in the future will take the PSAT test and later the SAT test. The PSAT...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Tonight is New Year’s Eve and many people are looking for that perfect person to be their date for the evening’s events. Looking for love and romance are basic human drives and scammers take advantage of this with numerous romance scams. Most of these...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Reports are circulating of a new gift card scam that starts when you receive an email that appears to come from either Amazon or Apple informing you that an anonymous friend of yours has purchased a gift card at one of these companies as a gift for you and that all...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Atrium Health, which operates 44 hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia suffered a data breach between September 22 and September 29, 2018 which has just been discovered. The data breach resulted in significant amount of personal information of 2.65...
