by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 20, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Boston Police Department is warning people about a new scam involving text messages that appear to come from the City of Boston indicating the person receiving the text message has an overdue parking ticket. The text message contains at the top of the message ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 21, 2024 | Scam of the day
We are still a few days away from the traditional Black Friday shopping day, but many people have already started their holiday shopping and scammers are already targeting these people with fake retail shopping websites designed to steal credit card information....
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased dramatically over the last year worldwide with one hundred hotels in Japan among the most recent targets. The scam starts with a phishing email to a hotel that lures the unsuspecting hotel employee...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2022 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs and credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on those...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2021 | Scam of the day
In 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about the dangers presented by skimmers on gas pumps. I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers for many years. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on...
