by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 31, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently a Scamicide reader told me that she had received an email from a friend of hers asking for a favor. Her friend needed the Scamicide reader to send a gift card to someone because her friend was unable to do so and needed to send the gift card right away. The...
by admin | May 13, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday I told you about a scam which starts when you receive an email that appears to come from one of your friends, but in actuality is coming from a scammer who has hacked into your friend’s email account is sending out messages that appear to come from...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 5, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Two close friends of mine had their email accounts hacked this week and they are not alone by any means. Email hacking is a common occurrence and it can represent a serious security threat or a benign inconvenience, however, in either event, it is important to act...