by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 10, 2025 | Scam of the day
Amazon’s popularity has not escaped scammers who tie many scams to Amazon including the phishing email copied below that can lead to identity theft and the hacking of your Amazon account. I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently I received an email informing me that that Amazon Prime Membership was going to be suspended or even cancelled because the credit card tied to the account was no longer able to be used. The email contained a link for me to click on to provide a new credit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2024 | Scam of the day
July 16th and 17th are Amazon Prime Day which is odd to say. Amazon really should change the name for the two day event to Amazon Prime Days. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon Prime...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
In 2023 I first told you that AT&T notified nine million of its customers that some of their personal information was exposed when a marketing partner of AT&T was hacked. Now names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 73...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 5, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader received an email informing her that her Amazon Prime Membership was due for renewal, but that it could not be done because the credit card tied to the account was no longer able to be used, threatening to suspend her Amazon Prime account...
