by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day comes directly from my own email box where I received the following email: “Please be informed that resolution has been made regarding the payment. The wire transfer of $15,100 to your designated account has been completed; view...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Before I started teaching at Bentley University, I taught in the Massachusetts state prison system. Among my students was a scam artist, who decried the fact that in his day it took skills to be a proper scam “artist,” but that with the aid of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes right from my email and I am sure that it has appeared in the email boxes of many of you. Although it may appear that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On occasion I will repeat a warning about a particular scam as it resurfaces and today is one of those days. I have warned you previously about the scam in which you receive an email such as the two that are reproduced below that I personally received in my email box...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This is a scam that I have described previously on Scamicide, but it bears repeating, particularly because I recently received an email that is shown below, which means that other people are also receiving this scam email. The message line of the email is entitled...
