by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2025 | Scam of the day
With the political and economic news constantly filled with reports about tariffs being imposed by President Trump on 90 countries around the world with the amount of the tariff varying from a low of 10% which was the amount imposed on the Heard Island and McDonald...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2023 | Scam of the day
Shown below is a copy of an email recently I recently received that purports to be from Federal Express urging me to click on a link (which I deleted when posting today’s Scam of the day) in order to confirm my signature. Clicking on the link in the email...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
During the social distancing and quarantining that has become the hallmark of the Coronavirus pandemic, deliveries by UPS, Federal Express, Amazon and others have become the primary way many of us are doing all or almost all of our shopping. Scammers are always...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 23, 2020 | Scam of the day
People are receiving phony text messages and emails that appear to come from Federal Express informing them of a pending delivery. Some of the messages contain your name, while others are oddly addressed to “mate.” The email or text message contains a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2020 | Scam of the day
Shown below is a copy of an email recently received by a Scamicide reader that purports to be from Federal Express urging the email recipient to click on a link to the oddly worded “message with the required information” without any indication as to to...