by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 3, 2026 | Scam of the day
People are reporting receiving calls that purport to be from Apple’s Special Investigations Unit telling them that illegal child pornography has been discovered on their cloud account. The phony investigator is sympathetic when you inform them that you never...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card numbers...
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 admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I have been writing for more than two years, but keeps turning up in the email of many people. Using the logos of legitimate companies such as Kohl’s Costco, Walmart and Amazon, just to name a few, you are told...
