by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2026 | Scam of the day
Recently there has been an increase in the number of scams related to Amazon Prime which is not surprising since there are approximately 220 million Amazon Prime members. Scammers attempt to lure people into providing their credit card information or Amazon user name...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
Big box wholesaler Costco is extremely popular with more than 63 million members and anything popular with the public is also going to be popular with scammers. Imposter scams where scammers generate massive numbers of emails posing as Costco informing the targeted...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2026 | Scam of the day
Creative scammers have come up with a new way to scam you when you shop online. For years, I have warned you about phony retail websites that either appear to be that of legitimate retailers such as Wallmart or are just websites that come up high in a search engine...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 14, 2025 | Scam of the day
Creative scammers have come up with a new way to scam you when you shop online. For years, I have warned you about phony retail websites that either appear to be that of legitimate retailers such as Wallmart or are just websites that come up high in a search engine...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one that I first wrote about in April of 2024, but judging by an email I recently received from a Scamicide reader the problem does not appear to be resolved. Scams involving the popular travel website Booking.com have increased...
