by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2023 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumers lost 228 million dollars last year to scams in which gift cards were used as the payment method and this number has increased each year since 2018. Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you about this particular scam preying upon home buyers for seven years, however this scam has gotten worse in recent years. Scammers have been quick to take advantage of so much of home buying and selling being done virtually with Zoom...
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. | Dec 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently I received the following email that appeared to come from a friend of mine. I have crossed out the email address and name of my friend from the email: “I’m sorry for any inconvenience this will cost you. I got bad news this morning that I lost a...
by admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The emergency email scam continues to snare unwary victims despite much discussion in the news of this type of scam. It starts when you get an email describing a dire emergency that a friend or relative has encountered, generally in a foreign country, that requires...
