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...
by admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about increasing reports of the nanny scam. Particularly during the summer, many people are looking for nanny or caregiving jobs, often going to legitimate websites such as care.com to look for nanny and baby...
by admin | Jul 30, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who had received a solicitation to be a mystery shopper. This is a scam about which I have written many times, but it deserves to be mentioned again because this scam is so prevalent and many people,...
by admin | Feb 17, 2018 | Scam of the day
In recent days, I have been contacted by numerous Scamicide.com readers who have received communications in regard to mystery shopping scams. Fortunately, as Scamicide readers they were sufficiently knowledgeable to avoid these scams, but it is very important to...
by admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Scam of the day
The University of South Carolina Police Department is warning students about a scam targeting students through their email, however, it is important to note that this particular scam is being perpetrated around the country. In the version of the scam being reported at...
