by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
In 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning about the dangers presented by skimmers on gas pumps. I have warned you about the dangers of skimmers for many years. Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 27, 2022 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs and credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on those...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 5, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I wrote five years ago, but I have received reports that this scam is still being perpetrated so I thought I would warn you about it again. It is a particularly clever scam. It starts when you receive a call from a...
by admin | Oct 28, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio recently announced the indictment of twelve people alleged to have installed skimmers at gas pumps in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland and Utah in order to steal credit card information used to create phony...
by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As regular readers of Scamicide know, skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on ATMs and other card reading devices, such as at gas pumps. The skimmer steals all of the information from the credit card or debit card used...
