by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
Phishing emails, by which scammers and identity thieves attempt to lure you into either clicking on links contained within the email which will download malware or providing personal information that will be used to make you a victim of identity theft, are nothing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was originally sent to me by a Scamicide reader who listed a small item for sale on Craigslist along with his cell phone number for people to contact him. Someone responded to his ad through a text message in which they indicated that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 3, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day was sent to me by a Scamicide reader who listed a small item for sale on Craigslist along with his cell phone number for people to contact him. Someone responded to his ad through a text message in which they indicated that they were...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Clever scam artists are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often they either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search engine search or they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2019 | Scam of the day
I first warned you about a variation of this particular scam in June of 2017 and again last summer and now it has resurfaced again with a slight new twist. The 2018 version of this scam involved local church members receiving what appeared to be emails from their...
