by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2023 | Scam of the day
A variation on an old Facebook scam has recently resurfaced. In the new scam you receive a Facebook Message that merely says “Look Who Died?” and is followed by a link that leads you to a website where you are prompted to provide personal information that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2023 | Scam of the day
The Hattiesburg, Mississippi police department recently issued a warning about increased reports of a scam in which scammers appear to share posts on Facebook buy-sell groups about a missing child. Quite often, people on the buy-sell group will share the post in an...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 31, 2022 | Scam of the day
If today’s Scam of the day seems familiar, it should to regular Scamicide readers because it is just a slight variation on the Scam of the day for May 24th dealing with the same type of scam. About the only difference was that the May 24th Scam of the day dealt...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission is warning people about a recent increase in scams involving scammers convincing their victims that they are eligible for large government grants if they merely pay a processing fee. This is a scam. The federal government does not charge...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Scammers love to take over Facebook accounts because people generally trust the posts put up by their friends that appear on their Facebook page. These people forget my motto of “trust me, you can’t trust anyone” and often click on links in these...
