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05/08/2013
IC3 warns consumers about a phishing scam targeting telecommunication companies' customers.
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03/08/2013
A new phishing scam is making the rounds disguised as a consumer complaint notification from the FTC. If you receive it, just hit "delete."
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01/08/2013
Phishing scams look like legitimate email, and they are getting more sophisticated every day. What these con artists are really after is your banking and financial information. And they won’t mind destroying your computer to get it.
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11/27/2012
The Consumer Fraud Task Force alerts consumers to some common online scams that have victimized buyers during the holidays.
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07/31/2012
BBB joined Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy as another established brand used to promote fake gift cards. Don’t bother trying to redeem this offer. It’s just a trick to get your email address, cell number and other personal information.
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07/31/2012
A new scam using the BBB name popped up this morning, and has been received by consumers and businesses across the U.S. and Canada…including many BBB offices!
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01/26/2012
Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a new twist in the ongoing BBB phishing scam. Consumers now are reporting receiving phone calls – in addition to emails – from scammers claiming to be from BBB.
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01/20/2012
Update: A new wave of fake BBB emails is using a different strategy to scam recipients into downloading a virus.
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01/11/2012
Consumers have reported that they have been contacted by individuals using the telephone number 202-506-8939 claiming that the Consumer owes money on an unpaid payday loan debt. During the telephone calls, the individuals have identified themselves as representatives of the “U.S. Department of Justice.” The Consumers have stated to DFI that they have been threatened in a variety of ways; including threats of jail-time, insulting and rude language and other actions that do not comply with federal requirements for third-party debt collection agents.
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12/22/2011
As with the deaths of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gadhafi, the death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il had inspired spammers to take advantage of people’s natural curiosity, Fox News reports.
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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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11/30/2011
Microsoft Xbox Live members are the newest group being targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack. Better Business Bureau serving Better Business Bureau serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California urges gamers to exercise caution when "leveling up" to new unsolicited emails.
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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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04/28/2011
Computer and gaming giant Microsoft has released an Xbox Live service alert warning users who play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to beware of phishing scams.
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