by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to posting too much personal information on social media that can be leveraged by a criminal for purposes of identity theft. During the early days of the pandemic many people posted photos of their vaccination cards...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are familiar with Scattered Spider which is the name of a hacking group largely made up of teens and young men in their twentys in the United States and the UK who have managed, primarily through social engineering rather than...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 18, 2025 | Scam of the day
With so many of us doing our banking and other financial transactions on our cell phones it is not surprising that criminals are turning toward cell phone theft at a way to get at your bank account, credit cards and more. Recently the Boston Police Department issued...
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...
