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12/16/2011
An email scam using BBB's name and logo continues to proliferate. Most of the emails containe the subject line “Complaint from your customers" and have a link or attachment containing phishing malware that steals information.
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10/19/2011
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.
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06/20/2011
Email, purporting to be from Google Support, claims that the recipient will lose his or her Gmail account if he or she does not reply with the account's username and password and other personal inform
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11/04/2010
There's an email scam going around that claims to be from McDonald's. Just for filling out a survey, the scamster says you'll get $90.00 It's really just a phishing site looking to steal your personal
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07/12/2010
Social networking is at an all time high and so are scams surrounding it. The IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center) continues to receive reports of scammers hacking personal internet accounts to swindle friends and family members.
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06/07/2010
It’s happened with businesses from barbecue restaurants to manufacturers. BBBs are hearing from businesses across the country who have been targeted by fake check schemers.
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12/09/2009
Better Business Bureau of Golden Gate BBB is alerting consumers to a new holiday email scam that’s popping-up in consumers’ inboxes just in time for the holiday shopping season.
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04/01/2004
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) establishes requirements for those who send commercial email, spells out penalties for spammers and companies whose products are advertised in spam if they violate the law, and gives consumers the right to ask emailers to stop spamming them.
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11/01/2002
Consider “masking” your email address.
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04/01/2002
Do you receive lots of junk email messages from people you don't know? It's no surprise if you do. As more people use email, marketers are increasingly using email messages to pitch their products and services. Some consumers find unsolicited commercial email - also known as "spam" - annoying and time consuming; others have lost money to bogus offers that arrived in their email in-box.
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