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03/08/2013
Consumers aren’t the only victims of fraud. Every year, thousands of small businesses are targets of fraudulent or deceptive sales practices. Protect your business from scams by learning what to look out for.
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03/07/2013
Phishing scammers are targeting Better Business Bureau Accredited Businesses in the Upstate with emails claiming that the recipient's accreditation has been "discontinued." This is a scam.
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02/15/2013
Extra cash for being a secret shopper? It sounded too good to be true to one woman in Terrell, TX, -- and it was, reported Jason New of CBS11-TV, Dallas - Fort Worth. The secret shopper scam is one of BBB's Top Ten Scams of 2012.
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02/11/2013
The Better Business Bureau of the Upstate SC is warning consumers in the Upstate about a bill payment scam that is targeting utility customers.
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01/14/2013
BBBs across the country are being inundated with calls from consumers complaining about an increase in annoying “robocalls”.
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01/09/2013
The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year, and this past year launched two websites to help consumers figure out which offers are real and which ones are possibly frauds.
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12/06/2012
Get Educated, Get Ho-Ho-Home Safely
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10/19/2012
Every October, thousands of products display the pink ribbon or pink packaging in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While many of these products have a real tie to breast cancer charities, other pink-labeled products can be described as a form of “pinkwashing,” and provide very limited benefit to charities, if any at all.
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10/09/2012
Arlington, VA – October 9, 2012 – Better Business Bureau and Western Union today launched BBB Scam Stopper, an education campaign to help consumers in the United States and Canada avoid common scams that con artists use to commit consumer fraud.
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09/26/2012
In the past 12 months, Better Business Bureau has received close to 200 complaints nationally from consumers who have been scammed in some way after responding to a classified on Craigslist. BBB warns consumers to be cautious when responding to a classified posted on Craigslist, especially a job or home rental posting.
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09/12/2012
Prescriptions can be expensive. It’s not surprising that con artists play on people’s need to find discounted medicine.
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09/07/2012
Better Business Bureau is warning Sacramento consumers of a scam phone call in which the caller claims the consumer has a late charge through his or her cell phone company in an effort to gain the consumers credit card information.
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08/02/2012
Better Business Bureau is advising voters to be on the lookout for the growing number of scams that are likely to continue leading up to the Presidential election.
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06/20/2012
Getting a college degree can be very expensive. If you see a quick, easy and inexpensive way to get a degree online, stop and do your research before sending the institution money.
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06/13/2012
With the cost of college outpacing inflation and crimping family budgets, students and their families are eager to find scholarships and other awards to help pay for higher education. Better Business Bureau advises students and their parents to be wary of websites, seminars or other schemes that promise to find scholarships, grants or financial aid packages for an upfront fee.
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