by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
Imposter scams have long been among the most lucrative for scammers. While there are many variations of this scam, the most common variations have involved scammers emailing their victims posing as a popular company with which we all do business or calling their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 29, 2026 | Scam of the day
We are all familiar with CAPTCHA tests which appear on many websites that we use and are intended to confirm that you are not a robot, but a real person. CAPTCHA is an acronym for “completely automated public Turing Test to tell computers and humans...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 18, 2026 | Scam of the day
Recently the Maui Police Department issued a warning about a scam that I have been warning you about for years. It involves scammers targeting people who have already been the victim of scams posing as either investigators, government agencies or law firms telling...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 2, 2026 | Scam of the day
Some of you may know that in addition to Scamicide, I also write columns for Forbes and the Saturday Evening Post about white collar crime, scams and identity theft. Check out my latest column for Forbes in which I describe the tremendous and highly unregulated...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
Many people are receiving letters, phone calls and even visits from people representing that they are with the United States Census Bureau taking a survey known as the American Community Survey. While it is true that the official United States Census is only done...
