by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 18, 2022 | Scam of the day
While Thanksgiving is still five days away, many people already have their hearts and minds focused on one of the biggest shopping days of the year – Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 15, 2022 | Scam of the day
Two years ago I first reported to you about a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General to halt a sham credit card interest rate reduction operation that often targeted financially distressed consumers and older...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 23, 2021 | Scam of the day
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I want to be the first to wish all Scamicide readers a happy Thanksgiving. Even in these difficult times, we all have much for which we should be thankful. Friday is the official start of the holiday shopping season although I have been...
by admin | Jun 4, 2018 | Scam of the day
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 the magnetic strip credit card or debit card used which then permits the identity...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It has been eight months since the mandate to the credit card companies and merchants to switch to the new EMV chip credit cards which generate a unique randomly generated code for each transaction that renders useless hacking retailers to steal credit card...
