by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 30, 2019 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 9, 2019 | Scam of the day
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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2019 | Scam of the day
It has been more than a year since I first warned you about scams related to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but after receiving an email from a Scamicide reader telling me his story about almost becoming a victim of this particular scam, I decided that it...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country no longer limits its contests to one or two a year, but has numerous lotteries each month. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers calling people...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
The New Jersey Lottery recently issued a warning about a number of lottery related scams turning up on social media, emails and through phone calls. Some of the scams involve notifying you that you have won the lottery and that you need to provide personal...
