by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing new. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s scam of the day comes directly from my own email box where I received the following email: “Please be informed that resolution has been made regarding the payment. The wire transfer of $15,100 to your designated account has been completed; view...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 10, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although for many of us, Mothers’ Day is an opportunity to show our mothers how much we love and appreciate them, for scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists, it is yet another opportunity to scam people. One common Mothers’ Day scam...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing is the term for a scam where you are lured to a phony website and either induced into providing personal information to what you think is a legitimate company or even a government agency or persuaded to click on what appears to be a legitimate link only to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 19, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing, as I have described on Scamicide and in my book “50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age” is the name for the tactic used by identity thieves by which you are lured to a phony website to provide information used to make you a victim of...
