by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
Scamicide has often been among the very first to report about new scams, but generally we report on them as they first occur. Today however, we are warning you about a scam that we are confident will be happening, but has not yet been reported. The federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
With the return of cold weather throughout much of the United States there has been a dramatic increase in telephone scams involving scammers posing as utility company customer service representatives demanding payments and threatening to turn off electrical power if...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
With the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus wreaking havoc around the country, many people are desperately trying to get tested and unfortunately, in many places around the country finding a testing site can be difficult, which provides an opportunity for scammers to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and its National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) announced that they had discovered 225 million stolen emails and passwords that were compromised in multiple data breaches and were being made available to cybercriminals on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 28, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason for this is that you get greater email privacy...
