by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Some scams are just so simple and effective that they remind us why scam artists are indeed the only criminals we refer to as artists. An old scam that is still being used effectively by scammers involves a flyer under your door in your hotel or motel room that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 4, 2025 | Scam of the day
Crafts supply store Joann Fabrics has filed for bankruptcy and is closing all of its stores and scammers are taking advantage of this by setting up phony Joann Fabrics websites offering tremendous discounts, but once you provide your credit card or debit card to make...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 9, 2025 | 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. | Nov 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today is Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season although I have been seeing holiday shopping displays since Halloween. The fact that Black Friday is such a huge shopping day is not lost on scammers who will be as pervasive as ever. Over the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently, it was disclosed that skimmers were found on credit card processing equipment at the grocery store Ocean Mart in Roy, Utah although skimmers are appearing on credit card processing equipment in increasing numbers around the country. Skimmers are small...
