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01/24/2012
BBB is advising businesses to be on the lookout for the return of an old scam. The Yellow Page scam uses similar marketing to the actual Yellow Pages to dupe consumers into paying for advertising they never ordered.
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01/23/2012
Businesses and consumers across the country have been hit by an on-going email scam that appears to be from a bbb.org address. Now, a new wave of fake BBB emails is using a different strategy to scam recipients into downloading a virus.
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12/29/2011
A BBB study shows that debt collectors are buying up billions of dollars in discharged debt and seeking to collect on the face value from consumers.
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12/09/2011
Our Better Business Bureau has been alerted about a scam circulating in Helena, MT regarding a fake shipment from Amazon.com.
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12/02/2011
BBB issues alert regarding the use of the Better Business Bureau name and Publisher’s Clearing House.
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11/15/2011
Raleigh: North Carolina consumers have reported getting calls from phony tech support specialists who are out to access their personal information and steal their hard-earned money, Attorney General Roy Cooper warned today.
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11/02/2011
Better Business Bureau is cautioning businesses and consumers about a website and phone calls that are purporting to be from BBB about sweepstakes’ winnings. This is a scam – BBB is not conducting a sweepstake.
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10/19/2011
BBB warns that a bogus email supposedly from Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook about winning $1 million in a sweepstakes is a scam. The email is not from Facebook and consumers should not click on the link to claim the prize.
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10/13/2011
The BBB is warning donors to be wary of The Breast Cancer Society, a charity that uses most of its cash to pay fundraisers’ fees, employee salaries and other administrative costs.
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10/03/2011
BBB is warning of a Yellow Pages Scam that is being run by four local operations. One is located in Vermont - Business Solutions Online, and the other three operations are located in Massachusetts - Open Business Directory Limited, Official Yellow Guide Inc. and Yellow Page Solutions. Businesses throughout the country are receiving fraudulent invoices from these operations for unauthorized online advertising.
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09/20/2011
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has received consumer inquiries regarding yet another “Sweepstakes/Telemarketing” scam. Consumers are receiving phone calls indicating they have won a lump sum amount of $3,500,000.00 U.S. dollars. But before funds are made available, the scammers require their victims to wire $25,000.00 U.S. dollars to cover insurance costs.
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08/18/2011
BBB cautions businesses and consumers about an email that purports to come from BBB. The email appears to come from a fake BBB address (BBBupdate@post.com) in the Atlanta metro area and falsely requests verification of BBB Ratings.
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08/02/2011
BBB cautions consumers to watch out for OnlineBusinessScams.com, a website that is falsely charging for BBB complaint resolution services.
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07/29/2011
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers to be on the look-out for an e-mail satisfaction survey appearing to be from Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The e-mail promises a $100.00 gift card just to complete the survey but instead is a ploy to obtain personal information and turn more telemarketers loose on unsuspecting consumers.
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