by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 21, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scammers are creating popup warnings that appear when you are browsing on a search engine such as Google Chrome that appears to be an official notification from Amazon or Apple that your account was just charged for a $149.99 purchase and providing a phone number to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2026 | Scam of the day
I have warned you many times over the years about scammers who send various types of phishing emails which purport to be from Amazon attempting to lure you into either clicking on links which can download malware, such as ransomware or providing personal information...
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. | Feb 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
For many people, working from home at a simple job that pays well is pretty attractive, which may explain why people are vulnerable to a scam offering to pay you to be a product tester for Amazon. Ads for Amazon product tester are found on social media such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 7, 2024 | Scam of the day
I first told you about “brushing” in August of 2020 after many people in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom reported receiving unordered packages of seeds sent from China. A wide variety of conspiracy theories quickly surfaced to explain...
