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01/20/2012
The BBB is warning consumers and businesses about the proliferation of fake emails claiming to be from the BBB.
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11/02/2011
Better Business Bureau is cautioning businesses and consumers about a website and phone calls that are purporting to be from BBB about sweepstakes’ winnings. This is a scam – BBB is not conducting a sweepstake.
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08/02/2011
BBB cautions consumers to watch out for OnlineBusinessScams.com, a website that is falsely charging for BBB complaint resolution services.
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02/16/2011
The Better Business Bureau serving Greater Iowa, Quad Cities and Siouxland Region has uncovered a scam involving the identity theft of one unsuspecting Carroll, IA resident. These internet scammers go by the name, Sarah's French Puppies and they claim to be located at a valid residential address in Carroll, Iowa.
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07/22/2010
Getting out of the military soon? Thinking of applying for a job with the United Nations (UN) using the skills you picked up during your deployments? If so, beware of fake job offers from scammers posing as UN employees.
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06/15/2010
Two BBBs have recently issued warnings about work-at-home scams offering work that involves shipping packages overseas.
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04/12/2010
Beware of fake complaint reports coming from seatac@bbb.org
Better Business Bureau is warning businesses to beware of a new malicious e-mail that pretends to be from BBB about a complaint filed against the company. The e-mail first came to BBB’s attention on April 12, 2010.
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10/16/2009
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a new phishing attack that resembles an e-mail confirmation claiming the recipient has filed a complaint with BBB about a business. The malicious e-mails first came to the attention of BBB on Thursday, October 15.
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06/09/2009
Parkside Financial and Moonlight Financial are two advance fee loan companies advertising on the internet and purporting to be from Des Moines. They attract consumers who have poor credit history and difficulty obtaining traditional loans.
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10/24/2008
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a phishing scheme that uses both e-mail messages and blog posts directing recipients and viewers to register software with BBB. BBB wants the public to know that such messages and posts are not coming from any element of the BBB System, and that this attack has not affected BBB computer systems or networks nor has any data been comprised.
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09/25/2008
BBB staff is busy answering calls today from local residents who are concerned about notices they received which indicate their Social Security numbers and other personal information may be at risk.
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