by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 30, 2026 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for ten years. One way that sextortion scams begin is with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. In the email, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for nine years. Generally sextortion scams begin with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. In the email, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 20, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for eight years. Generally sextortion scams begin with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers have video of you watching porn online. In the email, the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2023 | Scam of the day
When I first started Scamicide more than ten years and more than 4,000 Scams of the day ago, I wondered if I would run out of scams and identity theft schemes to discuss, but I am totally convinced that unfortunately there is no end to scams and while many scams are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A new scam currently turning up involves people receiving a telephone call from someone purporting to be from Microsoft and that there is a dangerous computer virus infecting the Windows operating system on the person’s computer. The caller then asks the person...
