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10/23/2008
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a phishing scheme that uses both e-mail messages and blog posts directing recipients and viewers to register software with BBB. BBB wants the public to know that such messages and posts are not coming from any element of the BBB System, and that this attack has not affected BBB computer systems or networks nor has any data been comprised.
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03/10/2008
Tis the season for your BBB to warn high school and college students to be particularly careful as they plan their spring break or graduation trips. There’s quite a lot of exciting advertising on the web, on flyers, and even though fellow students who are paid by the travel operators to recruit their peers and friends.
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12/03/2007
Following the recent devastating wildfires throughout Southern California, your San Diego Better Business Bureau is reminding consumers that tragedies often bring out the best in people as strangers reach out to help others in need. However, disasters - such as wildfires - can also often bring out a flurry of con artists who will take advantage of those who already have been victimized.
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10/25/2007
Many Americans want to help the thousands of Southern Californians displaced by the wildfires, and the most common way people across the country can do this is by making donations to the many relief agencies and charities already at work.
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08/27/2007
Scamsters will use disasters as opportunities to prey on unsuspecting victims
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08/17/2007
Across the U.S., homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure are being scammed by foreclosure “rescue” companies promising to save their house but that only take their money. In light of this emerging trend, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that gloomy forecasts for the housing and financial markets means that increasingly more people could fall prey to mortgage foreclosure scams in the coming months and years.
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07/24/2007
Arlington, VA, July 24, 2007 - Mortgage foreclosures are up; interest rates are up; and the number of houses for sale that are languishing on the market is up. About the only thing that is "down" these days is the troubled homeowner who is having difficulty making his or her mortgage payment.
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06/21/2007
ARLINGTON, VA – June 21, 2007 -- The Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) is cautioning consumers across the United States regarding BlueHippo Funding, LLC (BlueHippo), a financial services company offering computers, electronics and other merchandise via a hybrid layaway and installment financing plan aimed at low income consumers and those with poor credit ratings.
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06/11/2007
In order to keep up in today’s world, a business needs to make sure its employees stay connected, even on the road. Many airports and other public spaces offer free wireless, or Wi-Fi, connections for the public to log onto the Internet from their laptop computers. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that hackers are now taking advantage of this convenience and setting up fake Wi-Fi connections designed to steal your personal information and files without you even knowing.
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05/29/2007
New York, NY – The American Kennel Club® (AKC®) and the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) are warning consumers about scams targeting unsuspecting puppy buyers.
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02/13/2007
Arlington, VA, February 13, 2007 - The Better Business Bureau System warns all businesses across the United States and Canada of a spoofing scam using the BBB name and a false BBB e-mail address to entice recipients to access potentially damaging hyperlinks.
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