by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 25, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about cryptocurrency scams for years. There a variety of scams that attempt to steal your cryptocurrencies from you. One of the most important decisions anyone should make when deciding whether to invest in cryptocurrencies is what kind of a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2025 | Scam of the day
As we all know, passwords as a method of authentication for your accounts are not particularly secure. Passwords may be stolen or compromised in a data breach. Biometrics such as a finger print are a good tool for verification to open your phone, but what about...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader reported receiving a text message that read “Your Apple#ID has been locked, tap here to_unlOcked” By the way, the last two words are not typographical errors by me in writing today’s Scam of the day although they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
It seems like every week I am reporting to you about another major data breach. This week the victim is LexisNexis Risk Solutions which is a data broker that gathers consumers’ personal data and provides it to its corporate clients for purposes of risk...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Last month I told you that Verizon had issued its annual data breach report which appears to exemplify my motto that “things aren’t as bad as you think, they are far worse.” Regardless of how diligent you are in protecting your personal information...
