by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 1, 2020 | Scam of the day
Last week the Senate Aging Committee released its annual report in which it indicated that fraudulent phone calls where scammers pose as Social Security Administration employees asking for personal information were the number one phone scam last year. Phony calls...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2020 | Scam of the day
Scams involving utility bills for electric, water or gas services have long been popular with scammers. I recently received an email from a Florida Scamicide reader who received a phone call on her answering machine that indicated it was from Florida Power &...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 24, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just released its annual report detailing the most common types of scams in 2019. The report also provides information about the FTC’s refund programs to consumers victimized by scams in 2019. Starting with the good news,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2020 | Scam of the day
Shown below is a copy of an email recently received by a Scamicide reader that purports to be from Federal Express urging the email recipient to click on a link to the oddly worded “message with the required information” without any indication as to to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 31, 2019 | Scam of the day
Over the holidays many people received digital assistants such as Google Home or Alexa as well as other devices that are part of the ever-increasing Internet of Things which are devices connected to the Internet for our convenience. These devices must be activated in...
