by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
We are starting the Fall high school sports season and more and more people are choosing to watch the games streaming online rather than attend the games in person. Streaming of high school sports increased dramatically during the pandemic and even now that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 4, 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. | May 24, 2023 | Scam of the day
Once again I need to tell you about another major data breach. This time it is Apria Healthcare LLC a home medical equipment company who, we are just now learning was hacked in 2019 and 2021 by the same hackers. As a result of the data breach sensitive information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 27, 2021 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
Peer to Peer Payment Payment Services (P2P) such as Zelle, Venmo, ApplePay, PayPal, Square Cash and PopMoney are popular ways to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from your credit card or bank account. These services are used by 113 million Americans....
