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...
by admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Scam of the day
Publishers Clearing House, the sponsor of some of the most popular legitimate lotteries in the country will be announcing the winner of its contest to win $5,000 per week forever on February 23rd, which means that not only will the winners be notified by Publishers...
by admin | Dec 23, 2017 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has obtained a judgment against David Raff, Millenium Direct Incorporated and Ian Gamberg shutting down a phony lottery scam they were operating. The Court also ordered the pay $501,895 to the FTC. The scam began with letters sent to...
