by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader told me that she had received an email from a friend of hers asking for a favor. Her friend needed the Scamicide reader to send a gift card to someone because her friend was unable to do so and needed to send the gift card right away. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 17, 2021 | Scam of the day
Often the first indication that a company has suffered a data breach is when the data stolen by hackers appears for sale on the Dark Web, that part of the Internet where criminals buy and sell goods and services. This is what appears to be the case in regard to a...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Scam of the day
Many Scamicide readers are familiar with my advice that freezing your credit at the three major credit reporting agencies is the single best thing you can do to protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft. In the time since the massive Equifax data...
by admin | Feb 6, 2018 | Scam of the day
Following the massive data breach at Equifax in which data including Social Security numbers of 145 million Americans was stolen, putting these people (myself included) in danger of identity theft for the rest of our lives, Equifax offered everyone one year of free...
by admin | Nov 1, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, the IRS Commissioner made a curious statement when he declared that it was doubtful that the recent massive data breach at Equifax affecting 145 million people would make a big difference in instances of income tax identity theft. Income tax identity theft...
