by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 6, 2025 | 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. | Apr 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As regular followers of Scamicide know, whenever new security updates and patches are issued, we provide access to these so that you can update your software to provide better security on your computers, smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices. Updating...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Identity thieves take advantage of every major event to their illegal ends and the launching of Apple’s new iPhone 5 is sure to be no exception to this rule. There will be numerous scams and identity theft schemes revolving around the iPhone 5. You may receive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently Theresa Brown was shocked to receive an e mail with a huge bill for her iTunes account. Like so many phishing scams, where you receive an email that appears entirely legitimate, the bill indicated that if she disputed the charge, she needed to click on a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
For many years, Apple product owners felt somewhat secure that they were less apt to be the target of computer scams than owners of PCs where most scammers and identity thieves had been focusing their attention. However, as exemplified by a new scam designed to...
