by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently the Knoxville Tennessee Police Department issued a warning about an increase in phone scams in which the caller poses as a law enforcement officer who tells the targeted victim of the scam that there is a warrant for his arrest, but that if they immediately...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 14, 2022 | Scam of the day
Recently the Topeka, Kansas Police issued a warning about an increase in phone scams in which the caller poses as a law enforcement officer who tells the targeted victim of the scam that the targeted victim of the scams is in contempt of court or has issues with the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about scammers posing as your Cable or Internet company contacting you offering to lower your monthly bill in exchange for a fee. According to the FTC, many of these scammers are posing as Spectrum. The scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2022 | Scam of the day
I first warned you about this particular scam in June of 2017, but it has recently resurfaced in many places around the country. Recently the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Diocese of Austin, Texas, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania and the Archdiocese of Miami,...
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...
