by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
It was just 25 days ago that I last wrote about scams related to Mavis Wanczyk, but the proliferation of new scams tied to her makes it important to warn you again. Perhaps it is due to the financial strain so many people are under during this time of the Coronavirus...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the years, I have written many times about lottery and sweepstakes scams, which continue to be one of the most popular and profitable scams for scammers. Scammers use lottery and sweepstakes scams to cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Senate Special Committee on Aging recently estimated that seniors lose 2.9 billion dollars each year to scammers and identity thieves According to the committee the top ten scams targeting seniors are, IRS impersonators where the scammers, posing as IRS agents...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 10, 2019 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
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, I was contacted by a regular Scamicide reader who told me about...
by admin | Feb 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a well-known, legitimate charity founded by Microsoft creator Bill Gates and his wife. It does not give random grants to people, however since 2015 a scam based on that premise has been victimizing people. Below is a copy of...
