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11/02/2009

¿Ganar dinero desde casa con Google? BBB advierte que no es tan sencillo como parece

Better Business Bureau ha recibido más de 1,500 reclamos sobre varias docenas de sitios Web que están explotando el nombre de Google para estafar a las personas que quieren obtener información sobre cómo ganar dinero desde sus casas.

11/02/2009

Cinco preguntas que debería considerar antes de hacer una donación a una institución de beneficencia

BBB Wise Giving Alliance aconseja que los donantes investiguen la institución de beneficencia antes de realizar una donación y proporciona cinco preguntas a considerar cuando averigüen dónde realizar sus aportes en esta época de fiestas de fin de año.

11/02/2009

Consejos de BBB para estimular la moral en las oficinas

Better Business Bureau ofrece orientación para los propietarios de pequeñas empresas sobre cómo mantener alta la moral en la oficina en medio de una economía complicada.

09/20/2009

BBB Advice on Avoiding the Repo Man

Consumers struggling with the economy are now struggling to keep their cars. Having a car repossessed impacts credit scores, thereby limiting your ability to get loans or credit cards for up to seven years.

09/13/2009

BBB Advice for Avoiding Deceptive Phone Cards

Prepaid calling cards — widely available at stores, newsstands and online — may seem like a great value, but many are so rife with fees and service charges that far fewer minutes are delivered than advertised.

09/11/2009

BBB Warns about Possible Pyramid Scheme

iJango alleges you can make money by multi-level marketing the Internet.

09/06/2009

BBB Warns Consumers, Businesses to be Wary of Advance-Fee Loan Schemes

As the U.S. economy slowly gets back on track, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers and businesses to be wary of companies offering easy loans at favorable rates and asking for payments in advance to secure those loans. These loan offers are not legitimate and are targeted at customers and companies struggling with debt and poor credit, often making bad situations worse.

08/31/2009

Local Woman Suspicious When Told She Won $250K

Betty Weiderspon of Greeley is not the gambling type. She doesn’t visit casinos, she doesn’t buy lottery tickets, she doesn’t even like bingo. OK, there was one uncharacteristic moment earlier this year when she entered the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes.

08/30/2009

BBB: Insurance Can Calm Wedding-Day Jitters

Weddings and honeymoons take months of planning. And just when you think you’ve attended to the last of the details, you learn that the bridal store where you ordered the dress of your dreams is closed.

08/23/2009

BBB: What You Need to Do if Your Lender Freezes Your Home Equity Loan

Some consumers are discovering that their lenders are freezing or reducing their home equity lines of credit. What should you do if this happens to you? Your Better Business offers the following five tips from the Federal Reserve Board:

08/19/2009

Online Diplomas Can be Worthless Pieces of Paper

BBB Advises to not fall for the promise of quick-and-easy credentials

08/15/2009

Savvy Back to School Shopping Tips from Your BBB

Back in the day (OK, back in the dark ages, according to my kids), the first day of school was a celebration of all-things-new: new shoes, new sweaters, new school supplies. We didn’t have backpacks so we carried our new notebooks — we’re talking Big Chief and three-ring binders, not HP — to school.

08/15/2009

BBB Advice on Creating an Estate Plan

Estate planning isn’t only for the wealthy, nor is it a topic people enjoy thinking about. However, the Better Business Bureau advises that if you own something of value you want to pass on to family or loved one, you need to create an estate plan.

08/09/2009

BBB: 3 Scams Target Job-Hunters

As the unemployment rate rises, so does the threat of scams targeting job-seekers.

08/05/2009

BBB Advice on Responding to Online Customer Complaints

The old adage is that a satisfied customer will tell three people and an unsatisfied customer will tell 10. However, with the advent of blogs, Twitter and YouTube, disgruntled customers share their rant about a company with the whole world.