by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was prompted by an email from a Scamicide reader whose wife was contacted by an acquaintance asking for her cell phone number and to participate in a transaction where she would receive code numbers by text mesage that she was asked to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
A month ago in the Scam of the day for August 31st I told you about presidential campaign scams involving solicitations by telephone for campaign contributions by scammers posing as campaign workers for the major candidates. However, scammers taking advantage of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 20, 2019 | Scam of the day
Let’s start with the good news. Although many security experts still warn people to avoid public USB ports for charging your phone, such as commonly found at airports, the threat to the security of your phone by charging at one of these public charging stations...
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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 15, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the years I have written numerous times about the problems presented by robocalls and with good reason. Automated robocalls which, for commercial purposes are illegal, are the number one consumer complaint reported by the public to the Federal Trade Commission...
