by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become a part of every day life and their numbers continue to increase. In the first three months of 2022 alone there were 404 major data breaches. The latest major data breach involves Shields Health Care Group which provides imaging and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader told me that she had received an email from a friend of hers asking for a favor. Her friend needed the Scamicide reader to send a gift card to someone because her friend was unable to do so and needed to send the gift card right away. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Earlier this year, the New York Attorney General announced a grant of $800,000 to a program to help protect homeowners from a variety of scams threatening them including deed fraud. Deed fraud, which is also referred to as “property title theft” occurs...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 25, 2021 | Scam of the day
Identity theft can result in your being hounded by debt collectors for debts you did not incur; becoming unable to access your own credit cards, bank accounts, or brokerage accounts; having your assets stolen; being arrested for crimes committed by people who have...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently I received an email from my most trusted friend (my wife). The email merely said that she found an article in which I would be interested and included a link for me to click on to the article. Similarly, last year I got an email that read: “Hi Steve...