by admin | Jul 22, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I have been reporting to you about tech support scams for years. These scams generally involve pop-ups that appear on your computer screen informing you of a serious, non-existent problem with your computer that requires immediate attention by you and for which you...
by admin | Dec 1, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes from the inbox for my own email. It is a common phishing scam that attempts to lure the victim into clicking on a link contained in the email. If the intended victim clicks on the link, he or she will unwittingly download...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently the Department of Homeland Security joined Interpol and the FBI to issue a serious warning about a botnet called the Simda botnet. A botnet, as readers familiar with Scamicide will know, is a network of infected computers used by cybercriminals to spread...
by admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Every year, the number of people shopping online and the money spent through online shopping grows significantly. And why not? The convenience alone of being able to shop from the comfort and privacy of your home is reason enough for many of us to shop online and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A number of times I have written about email phishing scams that start when you receive an email that purports to be sent from AOL informing you that there is some problem with your AOL account which requires you to click on a link in order to rectify the problem. ...