by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 10, 2021 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for six years, but it is important to remind you again because according to the FBI, there has been a dramatic increase in this scam. The sextortion scam begins with an email in which you are told that your computer and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 12, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning members of the LGBTQ+ community about extortion scams turning up on LGBTQ+ dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld. Unlike the typical romance scam about which I have written many times, in these new scams the scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 3, 2021 | Scam of the day
Personal information including names, email addresses, city, state and zip codes, dating preferences, birth dates, marital status, dating preferences and body details of 2.28 million users of the dating site MeetMindful have recently been discovered to have been made...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for five years, but it is important to remind you again because since the coronavirus pandemic started in earnest, scammers have increased their use of this scam as more and more of us are social distancing at home, but...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was just a few weeks ago that I warned you again about extortion emails in which the intended victim is told in the email that his computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of him watching porn online. A Scamicide reader recently...
