by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email that purports to be from American Express. The graphics, grammar and overall appearance of the email is not very convincing. In addition, it does not even carry the American Express logo, which is a simple thing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 20, 2020 | Scam of the day
Here is another good example of a phishing email that is presently being circulated. This particular phishing email was sent to us by a Scamicide subscriber. It makes for compelling reading, but it is a scam. Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 4, 2020 | 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. If you click on the link one of two things can occur and both are bad. Either you will end up...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the years that I have been writing Scamicide, I have written many times about the extreme danger presented by phishing emails. These are emails that attempt to lure you into either clicking on links in the email that download harmful malware such as ransomware or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
The phishing email that makes up today’s Scam of the day is very well crafted. It was sent to me by a Scamicide reader and her first name appeared in the phishing email making it appear legitimate. For privacy purposes I have crossed out the Scamicide...
