by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General, a federal court has temporarily halted an alleged sham credit card interest rate reduction operation that often targeted financially distressed consumers and older adults....
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 Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 2, 2019 | 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. | May 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
Last year I told you about Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill warning people about “free trial” scams. These scams begin with ads that appear to offer a free trial of a product with the consumer only being required to pay a small shipping and handling...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can be high tech, low tech or no tech. Stealing mail from mailboxes for purposes of identity theft has been done by identity thieves for years. Numerous times over the last few years I have warned you about the danger of having your mail, such as...
