by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 3, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I have written in the past, however it continues to pop up frequently as evidenced by a Scamicide reader who recently was targeted by a Facebook cloner. If one of your friends received a Facebook friend request that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2021 | Scam of the day
Many people are receiving a Facebook post from friends saying their account had been hacked and not to accept friend requests by them. Many people cut and pasted the message and sent it out to all of their friends as the post asked them to do. However, often there is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
One of the major causes of identity theft is the fact that many of us share too much personal information on social media. Identity thieves are able to harvest this information which may include, addresses, employer, email address, phone number, birth date and names...