by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
While just about everyone shares content through social media that they find on other sites on the Internet, many of those people do not consider the possibility that their republishing the material could involve a copyright infringement. In some instances, copyright...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for four years but recently I have received many emails from Scamicide readers telling me about various new incarnations of a variety of scams that share the same hook which is that Mavis Wanczyk is giving money...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
Anything popular with the public will always become a popular target for scammers and this is certainly true about Instagram. I have written many times in the last few years about various scams associated with Instagram. Today’s Scam of the day involves a way...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written in the past about scams on Instagram where criminals lure people into becoming victims of scams by posing as a celebrity, company or someone whom you may trust. These people apparently don’t remember my motto of “trust me, you can’t...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 7, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Many people may not remember the name of Mavis L. Wanczyk, but she was the lucky winner of a 758 million dollar Powerball drawing in 2017. Not long after she claimed her prize, a scam started appearing in which many people received an email with the message line...
