by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
The overpayment scam is the basis for many scams including phony mystery shopper scams about which I have written many times. Another example of the overpayment scam occurred recently when a British Columbia wedding photographer was scammed out of $4,600 through this...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 14, 2019 | Scam of the day
This scam starts as a text message that offers you $600 per week merely for displaying a small sticker on your car apparently for advertising purposes. If you click on the link contained in the text message it will lead you to instructions as to how to get your...
by admin | Sep 9, 2018 | Scam of the day
With more than 2,500 Scams of the day about which I have written and which can be found in the Scamicide archives, there will be times that I update you on scams about which I have written previously and this is one of those times. Recently I was contacted by a...
by admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about increasing reports of the nanny scam. Particularly during the summer, many people are looking for nanny or caregiving jobs, often going to legitimate websites such as care.com to look for nanny and baby...
by admin | Jul 30, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who had received a solicitation to be a mystery shopper. This is a scam about which I have written many times, but it deserves to be mentioned again because this scam is so prevalent and many people,...
