by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
Social Media such as Facebook is filled with surveys, quizzes and games and while they are very popular and often entertaining, they often are exploited by identity thieves. A good example of this is the “10 Concerts, but there is one act that I haven’t...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been writing about cryptocurrency scams for years. There a variety of scams that attempt to steal your cryptocurrencies from you. One of the most important decisions anyone should make when deciding whether to invest in cryptocurrencies is what kind of a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 17, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently, Justin Chan of California had $38,000 stolen from his bank account which he thought he had protected through dual factor authentication. A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
Quizzes on Facebook and other social media are very popular, but they can be exploited by identity thieves. A good example of this was the “10 Concerts, but there is one act that I haven’t seen live. Which is it?” Facebook quiz. While this may...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 31, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader told me that she had received an email from a friend of hers asking for a favor. Her friend needed the Scamicide reader to send a gift card to someone because her friend was unable to do so and needed to send the gift card right away. The...