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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
If you are a victim of identity theft, it is very important to get information as quickly as possible in regard to how your identity has wrongfully been used in order to begin the process of fixing the problem. This is why the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)...
