by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 24, 2023 | Scam of the day
While not all offers of a “free” trial of a product from a company are scams, this is the basis of many scams. The scams begin with ads that appear to offer a free trial of a product with the consumer only being required to pay a small shipping and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 24, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Those of you familiar with the scam called “cramming” from either the list of scams on the right hand side of the Scamicide home page or having read my book, “The Truth About Avoiding Scams” know that cramming is the name given to the scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 7, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On my Scam of the day of April 2, 2012 I warned you about increases in the scam of cramming. Now it appears the problem is worsening to a point where it is estimated that the cost of cramming nationally is estimated to be as high as sixty million dollars. Cramming...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may be familiar with the scam of “cramming” where unauthorized charges are added to your phone bill. Often due to phone bills being so lengthy and confusing, people may not spot small recurring bills for services that they do not recognize and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 30, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day came about as a result of a postcard that one of my neighbors recently received that you might well have also gotten. The postcard congratulated her on being selected to receive two free round trip airline tickets to anywhere in the...
