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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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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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12/20/2011
The death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il had inspired spammers to take advantage of people’s natural curiosity, Fox News reports. The news network even suggests the North Korea government might be trying to profit from the demise of the “Dear Leader.”
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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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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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