by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 6, 2021 | Scam of the day
Geek Squad is a subsidiary of big box store chain Best Buy and it offers excellent tech support for electronic devices including televisions and computers. They are a popular company used by many people including the Scamicide reader who forwarded the email copied...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email that is particularly poorly done. If scams are done by scam artists, this scam was done by a finger painter. It purports to be an invoice from “Gygabyte,” however, there is no such company. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason is that you get greater email privacy when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 9, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email I received that purports to be from American Express. The graphics, grammar and overall appearance of the email is not very convincing and the lettering is quite odd.. In addition, it does not even carry the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
The phony invoice scam is a common scam popular with scammers because it is quite effective. It starts when you receive an email that purports to be from a popular company with which many of us do business that indicates that you owe them a significant payment. The...
