|
|
01/24/2012
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
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.
|
|
|
|
12/29/2011
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.
|
|
|
07/20/2011
Consumers across the country are reporting receiving fraudulent phone calls at all hours of the day and night concerning their debit cards. Your Better Business Bureau (BBB) is alerting consumers not to fall for this new voice based phishing scam.
|
|
|
|
04/21/2011
The Consumer Fraud Task Force warns that online payday loans can trap consumers in the same cycle of debt and despair as brick-and-mortar lenders but with less protection from regulators.
|
|
|
|
12/02/2010
Consumers hoping to cash in on an advertised offer of “absolutely free” $2 bills may end up frustrated and disappointed, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns.
|
|
|
|
05/25/2010
Three months after a Glen Carbon, Ill., man lost nearly $10,000 in an Internet scam, he is warning others to be extremely cautious when buying on eBay, the popular auction site.
|
|
|
02/01/2010
BBB warns that a new scam is fraudulently using the organization’s name in order to steal tens of thousands of dollars from victims who are led to believe they have won a lottery.
|
|
|
|
01/28/2010
The BBB is warning senior citizens and other consumers to be wary of sweepstakes and other contests that link the chances of winning to the purchase of merchandise.
|
|
|
|
01/05/2010
The BBB warns consumers that Peel, Inc., of Evanston, Ill., an operator of multiple websites, has sparked 1,300 complaints in the last year from consumers nationwide.
|
|
|
|
10/20/2009
Bargain hunters who ordered wholesale electronics and clothing from Chinese Internet sites say they never received the items they ordered, the BBB warns.
|
|
|
09/08/2009
A new money making opportunity that claims to “Multi-level market the Internet” could be nothing more than a pyramid scheme warns Better Business Bureau.
|
|
|
|
04/28/2009
Scammers are creating their own epidemic of spam e-mails
|
|
|
|
02/04/2009
A number of Shoals area businesses have contacted the Fire Marshall after they were approached by a company to perform inspections on their commercial fire extinguishers and related equipment on multiple occasions in a short period of time.
|
|
|
|
09/29/2008
A lot of people use caller ID as a convenience to screen for unwanted calls. Some have used it for years to avoid telemarketers, and some use it for their own personal safety.
|
|