by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
A year ago I told you that the Wall Street Journal did a scathing story that said that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram had become the “cornerstone of the internet fraud economy.” According to the story Meta accounted for nearly half of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 30, 2026 | Scam of the day
Last June i told you that the Wall Street Journal did a scathing story that said that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram had become the “cornerstone of the internet fraud economy.” According to the story Meta accounted for nearly half of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 1, 2026 | Scam of the day
She’s back! Actually, she has never left. I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for nine years but recently I have received emails from Scamicide readers telling me about various new incarnations of a variety of scams that share the same...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2026 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams in the United States are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost of 3.8 billion dollars in 2024 and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) more scams in the United States are started on social media than on any other platform at a cost of 1.9 billion dollars in 2024 and that figure is probably low because many victims, often out of embarrassment, do not...
