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02/06/2012

Intuit Fake Email: Tax Information Needed within 30 days

INTUIT reports that customers have reported receiving spam. Below is a copy of the fake email.

01/26/2012

Phishing Email Scams Emerging Again!

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01/24/2012

BBB Alert: Bureau Of Prescription Health, Free Medicine Foundation Charge For 'Free' Services

The BBB advises consumers to avoid doing business with Missouri-based Bureau of Prescription Health, which charges consumers $10 per prescription to help them apply for free or low-cost medications.

01/23/2012

Watch Out for New Wave of Fake BBB.org Emails

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.

12/02/2011

BBB Name Used To Scam Consumers In Believing They Have Won With Publisher's Clearing House

BBB issues alert regarding the use of the Better Business Bureau name and Publisher’s Clearing House.

11/23/2011

BBB is NOT Sending this Email!

Businesses across the country have been receiving a spam e-mail purporting to be from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) regarding a complaint and referencing a complaint ID#. These e-mails are spam with virus potential.

11/02/2011

Latest Sweepstakes Scam Pretends It’s BBB Calling

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.

10/19/2011

Scam Lottery Email Claims to be from Facebook

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.

09/27/2011

BBB Warns Local Businesses of a Deceptive Mailing Scam

BBB is warning businesses about misleading mailings they may receive from Compliance Services, a business based in Boston, MA. Several states, including Massachusetts, Georgia, Ohio and Indiana, have issued warnings regarding the business’ deceptive mailings. Compliance Services has an F Rating from BBB.

09/20/2011

BBB Warns of another Foreign Sweepstakes Scam

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.

08/15/2011

Prize Scammers Falsely Claim to Be with BBB

Scammers are falsely claiming to be with BBB in phone calls claiming that consumers have won a prize in a lottery or sweepstakes. The scammers are asking consumers to pay anywhere from $250 to $350 upfront by wire -- but there's no prize.

08/02/2011

BBB Urges Caution On Others First Car Donation Programs

The BBB is advising consumers to be cautious when dealing with Detroit area businessman Rick Frazier and Others First, a charity that has been soliciting car donations in the St. Louis area.

08/02/2011

Watch Out for False Promises from OnlineBusinessScams.com

BBB cautions consumers to watch out for OnlineBusinessScams.com, a website that is falsely charging for BBB complaint resolution services.

07/27/2011

BBB Alert: The Dr. Is Not In!

The Better Business Bureau of Coastal Carolina is issuing a nationwide alert to consumers regarding “Dr. Bass, LLC”, an online store that sells custom built speaker cabinets based out of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The BBB has received 39 complaints against Dr. Bass since October of 2008, the majority of which allege that products are not being received. Consumers are purchasing products on the Dr. Bass website, paying for them in full, but either never received the product or they are sent a completely different product than what was ordered. Out of the total number of complaints we have processed, 28 of them have gone unanswered by the business. These complaints come to our BBB office from various states, including: SC, NC, CA, CO, NY, TX, WI, VA, FL, HI, OR, MO, MD, and Puerto Rico.

07/26/2011

Shopping Online For A Used Car? Beware Of Scams, BBB Warns

The BBB is warning consumers to beware of phony online used car dealers like Edward American Cars and Quick Auto Sales, which advertised deeply discounted cars online.


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