by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 16, 2022 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are among the most common scams and although these scams take many different forms, they all have in common that you have won a lottery you never even entered (quite a feat) and that you must now pay money for either taxes or administrative fees in order...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are among the most common scams and although these scams take many different forms, they all have in common that you have won a lottery you never even entered (quite a feat) and that you must now pay money for either taxes or administrative fees in order...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 29, 2019 | Scam of the day
During the years that I have been writing Scamicide I have written many times about various Facebook scams. The reason for this is that with 2.8 billion users, Facebook is obviously popular and anything popular with that many people will be sought after as a vehicle...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 28, 2019 | Scam of the day
It is not surprising that Facebook has been a favorite platform for scammers. Its very popularity and the fact that on Facebook you are communicating with your friends is reason enough for scammers to use Facebook as a place for scams because you are more likely to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 18, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Lottery scams are one of the most common scams and with good reason. They are effective. Scammers will notify people that they have won a lottery and then often inform the victim that they need to pay administrative fees or income taxes in order to claim their...
