by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 5, 2023 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs as well as credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
For years I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers installed on gas pumps. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We all have much for which we should be thankful. Tomorrow is the official start of the holiday shopping season. This day is often referred to as Black Friday, which traditionally is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. This...
by admin | Jul 3, 2018 | Scam of the day
With the summer driving season heating up, the Secret Service has issued a new warning about the dangers of skimmers at gas pumps following its recent investigation in 21 states for skimmers at gas pumps. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Scam of the day
According to recent statistics of FICO, the company that created the credit scoring system used by banks and others to measure credit worthiness, debit card fraud increased by 10% in 2017 which came on the heels of an even more astounding 70% increase in 2016....
