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10/28/2009
Business owners need to pay close attention if they’ve received a letter in the mail from a company called “Business Filings Division.” The information can be confusing.
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10/19/2009
It seems that more and more businesses are becoming victims of “friendly fraud” - fraud carried out by customers trying to get items free of charge.
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09/03/2009
It’s time to head back to school for many students and Better Business Bureau is warning consumers against online programs that offer fast and easy high school diplomas or college degrees. As millions struggle to find a job, earning a diploma or an advanced degree is one way to stand out from the crowd, but some students found out the hard way that the diploma they thought they earned online wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on.
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09/01/2009
Una nueva empresa afirma que usted puede ganar dinero realizando marketing multinivel en la Internet
Arlington, VA - 15 de Septiembre del 2009. Better Business Bureau advierte de una nueva oportunidad para ganar dinero que afirma ser una opción de "marketing multinivel en el Internet", que no podría ser sino un esquema de pirámide. Una investigación realizada por BBB demuestra que iJango, una nueva empresa que autodescribe sus servicios como de marketing multinivel, busca agresivamente representantes para un producto que no posee historial. Los consumidores están pagando cientos de dólares por adelantado, bajo la promesa de que ganarán dinero reclutando a otras personas para que hagan lo mismo, lo que constituye una señal de alerta de un posible esquema de pirámide.
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08/19/2009
For decades, BBBs have been issuing warnings to prospective donors about charities that spend little on actual program services. At the end of May, the California Attorney General’s office filed eight lawsuits against 53 individuals, 17 telemarketers and 12 charities that exploited donors’ desire to help police, firefighters and veterans associations.
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05/08/2009
Bogus loan modification companies are preying on vulnerable foreclosure victims by charging them hefty fees to negotiate mortgage terms. Victims say that after the fees have been paid, the scammers fail to perform.
One such company is ShortRefiNow.com located in Roseville, CA. Victims say that after paying anywhere from $2,600 to $3,600 up front to get their loan modified, Short Refi Now failed to perform.
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04/29/2009
BBB advierte a las pequeñas empresas que deben estar alertas al fraude de retransmisión telefónica
Better Business Bureau advierte a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas que se ha informado de estafadores en todo el país que cometen fraudes através de servicios de retransmisión telefónica; que normalmente son utilizados por personas con impedimentos auditivos para hacer llamadas telefónicas. En un período en el que las empresas, literalmente, no pueden permitirse ser víctimas de fraude, este tipo de estafa ha regresado, por lo que los propietarios de pequeñas empresas deben tomar precauciones para evitar perder miles de dólares.
BBB ha recibido informes de muchos tipos de empresas que recibieron pedidos sospechosos a través de TTY o servicios telefónicos de retransmisión. Estos servicios tienen como objetivo ayudar a las personas con impedimentos auditivos a hacer llamadas telefónicas y, a menudo, dependen de un operador que retransmite un mensaje escrito de la persona que hace
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01/20/2009
If you’ve received a random lottery winning notice and fake check in the mail with instructions to send money to someone else—don’t!
The Northeast California BBB has received complaints from local victims against a company who is scamming victims using fake checks.
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11/26/2008
An Ohio based company is using scare tactics in an attempt to coerce victims into paying old debts that consumers say they don’t owe. Tactics used by the company, Midwest Litigations, include threats to post negative information about the victims on the internet, put them in jail, or ruin their credit.
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11/19/2008
A record number of Americans want to be a part of history and attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Unfortunately, only 250,000 tickets are up for grabs. While many websites are claiming to have tickets for sale, the Better Business Bureau is advising the public that purchasing scalped tickets could leave you out in the cold with empty pockets on Inauguration Day.
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10/21/2008
If you receive a random check in the mail with instructions to send money to someone else—don’t!
The Northeast California BBB has received dozens of complaints against fraudulent companies from consumers who have supposedly been selected to be mystery shoppers or are told they have won thousands of dollars from a lottery.
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10/13/2008
BBB Accredited Business Professional Liability Underwriters received a phony email from the IRS stating that he was eligible to receive a tax refund under their Internal Revenue Code for a total of $189.60. Attached were documents inquiring about personal, business, and private information.
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10/07/2008
Grandparents across the country are the latest victims of Canadian con artists claiming to be their grandchildren in distress. Since the beginning of this year, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Call Centre has received nearly 350 complaints from grandparents, half of which were filed in July and August alone.
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10/03/2008
With the November election approaching, scam artists and ID thieves have found a way to take advantage of the political arena.
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09/26/2008
We recently received a complaint from a local resident who was sent a letter informing him that the government was holding over $600 worth of unclaimed property that belonged to him. The company that supposedly discovered this money asked for a fee of 10% to be paid in the form of a post dated check, assuring the local resident that post dated checks can’t be cashed prior to the date written on the check. Holding the check would allow sufficient time for the local resident to receive his money from the government before the company cashed his check.
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