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12/20/2011
Many people will be traveling to see family and friends in the next few weeks. Scammers know this too, and may try to trick you into divulging your credit card information by posing as hotel employees. The BBB is warning holiday travelers to beware of a telephone phishing scam designed to steal credit card numbers.
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12/07/2011
The Better Business Bureau is issuing an urgent SCAM alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that looks like it is from the BBB, with the subject line “Complaint from your customers.”
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11/23/2011
Better Business Bureau is issuing an urgent scam alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that is purporting to be from a bbb.org email address about a recently filed complaint.
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11/14/2011
Employment scheme requires credit check through suspicious website.
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11/02/2011
Better Business Bureau cautions businesses and consumers about a website and phone calls that are purporting to be from the BBB about sweepstakes’ winnings. This is a scam. The BBB is not conducting a sweepstakes.
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11/02/2011
The Better Business Bureau has learned that people living in Morgan County, Colorado, are receiving calls and emails purportedly from Wells Fargo with requests to verify debit card account information – even though they don’t bank with the financial institution.
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10/27/2011
Consumers across the country are reporting scam emails that appear to be from ticket company StubHub. The emails try to lure recipients into sharing credit card information by falsely alerting them that they are being charged for expensive tickets to a boxing match in Nevada.
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10/06/2011
The world is mourning the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, and scammers are wasting no time in taking advantage of the bad news.
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09/21/2011
The Better Business Bureau has learned of a scam involving a fraudulent fax that appears to be from Equifax, one of three major credit-reporting agencies.
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09/21/2011
Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com , a provider provider of new and used car information, warns online car buyers of a scam using a fake Kelley Blue Book website. The scams look to solicit funds from buyers via an escrow-based, guaranteed buyer-protection program, which Kelley Blue Book does not offer.
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09/20/2011
The Better Business Bureau is hearing from consumers who are receiving phone calls indicating they have won a lump sum amount of $3.5 million. But before funds are made available, the scammers instruct their victims to wire $25,000 cover insurance costs.
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09/01/2011
The Better Business warns consumers that a magazine subscription company operating with a Memphis address is mailing notices stating the company is automatically renewing their magazine subscriptions and debiting their bank accounts. Global Subscription Services has an F rating with th BBB.
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08/24/2011
Scammers like businesses because most of the time everyone is too busy to notice that the invoice sitting on the desk is not from the company’s website domain registrar but a look-alike or that their company’s name and/or phone number is being used on phony letters, checks or phone calls.
The best way to not let scammers get their way is by knowing the red flags indicating a scam is afoot.
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08/24/2011
Your Better Business advises that scam artists are claiming affiliation with the Better Business Bureau as a means to gain your trust.
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07/19/2011
Consumers in various parts of the United States are reporting to the BBB that they are receiving auto-dial telephone calls on both cellphones and landlines with messages telling them their debit cards have been frozen.
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