by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 2, 2022 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about job scams targeting college students. While sometimes these phony job scams are found in online advertisements, in many instances the scammers contact the students directly by email with a job offer. When the student accepts,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2018 | Scam of the day
With more than 2,500 Scams of the day about which I have written and which can be found in the Scamicide archives, there will be times that I update you on scams about which I have written previously and this is one of those times. Recently I was contacted by a...
by admin | Aug 2, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The mystery shopper scam is a tried and true scam that scammers still use to steal their victims’ money because the scam still works. The scam begins when you are contacted by mail or email purportedly by a company asking you if you want a job as a mystery...
by admin | Jun 13, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Law firms have become prime targets for scammers. Recently, Muhammad Naji pleaded guilty to charges related to a common law firm scam that is a variation of a scam that has been often used successfully against individuals and is now being slightly adapted to use...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 9, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In a paper to be presented later this month at the IEEE eCrime Research Summit in Birmingham, Alabama researchers Damon McCoy and Jackie Jones of George Mason University will disclose how they uncovered a group of five Nigerian gangs, who with the cooperation of...
