by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
Imposter scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers calling their intended victims on the telephone posing as some governmental agency such as the IRS,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about a new variation of the work at home scam. Scammers posing as staffing or recruiting agencies contact their targeted victims by phone calls or text messaging offering simple to perform jobs such as rating restaurants. The pay...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists have a knowledge of psychology that Freud would have envied. They know how to appeal to every human emotion to lure us into becoming a scam victim. Scam artists can adapt their art to paint whatever picture...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
There are many indications that someone is trying to scam you and they may vary from scam to scam, but one constant is the method of payment. More often the method of payment suggested in a scam is a telltale sign of a scam. According to a recent report by the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently a number of major cryptocurrency firms, tech companies and advocacy groups announced that they have joined together to help educate the public about scams, something we have been doing here at Scamicide for more than twelve years. Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini,...
