by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2019 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Although cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, may seem to be new. I have been writing in Scamicide.com about cryptocurrency scams for four years. Cryptocurrencies are legitimate, but scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the public’s fascination with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 3, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing emails, encrypts and locks all of the victim’s data. The cybercriminal then threatens to destroy the data unless a bounty is...
by admin | May 16, 2018 | Scam of the day
A scam that I warned you about in 2016 appears to be reemerging. It involves an email presently circulating threatening to expose the person receiving the email as having cheated on his wife unless a ransom of between $2,000 and $8,000 in various incarnations of the...
by admin | Sep 25, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A recent report of security company FireEye disclosed that North Korea’s state operated cybercriminals have moved beyond their attacks on individual companies and the international banking system to cryptocurrency exchanges. Cryptocurrency is the name for...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the old saying, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Reports are rapidly surfacing of another massive ransomware attack involving, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France, India and the UK similar to the attack of only a few weeks...
