by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2026 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams generally follow a typical pattern, namely you receive a phone call, email or text message informing you that you have won a lottery that you never entered, but that you need to pay income taxes or administrative fees to the lottery sponsor before you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 5, 2026 | Scam of the day
I have been reporting to you since 2012 about the infamous Jamaican lottery scam through which many Americans, mostly elderly, have been scammed out of money after being told that they have won the non-existent Jamaican lottery. The scam begins when the victim...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
She’s back! Actually, she has never left. I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for eight 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. | Aug 31, 2025 | Scam of the day
Posing as a famous person on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram has proven to be quite lucrative for many scammers who are able to convince unsuspecting victims to rely on the phony accounts. Setting up a social media account is easy to do for a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 14, 2025 | Scam of the day
She’s back! Actually, she has never left. I have been writing about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk for eight 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...
