by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
The overpayment scam is the basis for many scams including phony mystery shopper scams about which I have written many times. Another example of the overpayment scam occurred recently when a British Columbia wedding photographer was scammed out of $4,600 through this...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was prompted by a Scamicide reader who unfortunately lost more than a thousand dollars to a scam that combined a common gift card scam with a counterfeit check scam. The Scamicide reader who unselfishly contacted me to alert others to...
by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who, fortunately, was able to recognize a mystery shopper scam when he was contacted through LinkedIn by someone purporting to work for a company called BlueOctopus Research seeking to hire him to be a...
by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the Day is one that I have written about frequently for more than six years because it continues to ensnare unwary victims including some Scamicide readers who have contacted me about falling victim to this scam. It is the mystery shopping scam...
by admin | Oct 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
A federal grand jury in Texas recently unsealed charges against eight men charged with operating a 250 million dollar phony sweepstakes scam and other fraudulent activities. It is hard to win any lottery. It is impossible to win one that you have not even entered and...
