by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Barnstable Massachusetts Police Department recently issued a warning about a new text message scam in which the scammers pose as Amazon. Recently there has been an increase in the number of people receiving phony text messages that purport to be sent from Amazon...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently there has been an increase in the number of people receiving phony text messages that purport to be sent from Amazon telling you that your account has been hacked. These phony text messages, called “smishing” will either attempt to lure you into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is reporting a substantial increase in a scam by which people are receiving text messages that appear to come from UPS, Federal Express or the U.S. Postal Service indicating that there is a package that has been waiting to be delivered and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently there has been an increase in the number of people receiving phony text messages that purport to be sent from Amazon telling you that your account has been hacked. These phony text messages, called “smishing” will either attempt to lure you into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Lubbock Texas police department recently issued a warning about people receiving phony text messages that purport to be sent from Amazon telling you that your account has been hacked. These phony text messages, called “smishing” will either attempt to...
