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01/13/2012

Scam Alert: Beware of Publishers Clearing House Copycats

Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes' envelopes began hitting mailboxes this week. This means scam phone calls and fake mail are soon to follow. The scams that always trail the famous sweepstakes involves a phone call or lookalike letter claiming a big check awaits the recipient.

01/09/2012

Bogus Mystery Shopping Firms Surface

The BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota has determined two seemingly related mystery shopping firms claiming Minnesota addresses have popped up in recent days. Both are fraudulent entities.

12/05/2011

Bogus Charity Appears To Be Duping Missourians Seeking Utility, Housing Assistance, BBB Warns

The BBB is warning St. Louis area residents to be alert for what appears to be a utility, rent and mortgage assistance scam operating in the St. Louis region.

12/02/2011

BBB Name Used To Scam Consumers In Believing They Have Won With Publisher's Clearing House

BBB issues alert regarding the use of the Better Business Bureau name and Publisher’s Clearing House.

11/17/2011

BBB Alert: Haberstroh Insurance Agency, Senior Health Group Use Misleading Tactics To Sell To Seniors

A Missouri insurance agency appears to be using questionable Medicare mailings to sidestep the state’s no-call law and get its salespeople into the homes of senior citizens, the BBB warns.

11/15/2011

Scammers posing as Microsoft tech support attempt to steal your information, money

Raleigh: North Carolina consumers have reported getting calls from phony tech support specialists who are out to access their personal information and steal their hard-earned money, Attorney General Roy Cooper warned today.

10/19/2011

Scam Lottery Email Claims to be from Facebook

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.

10/04/2011

Timeshare Owners Bushwhacked by First American Services

09/02/2011

BBB Warns of Fake Package Pick-Up Postcard

Consumers have alerted the Better Business Bureau (BBB) that they have received a deceptive, official looking postcard requesting package pick-up, when in fact, it is an attempt to lure them into purchasing a vacation package.

08/29/2011

Smart Solutions Promised To Fix Credit, Broke Promises Instead, Customers Tell BBB

Frustrated customers of a St. Louis County financial services company say the business abandoned them after charging them hundreds of dollars each to repair their credit or help them buy homes.

08/25/2011

Suspect credit card offer hits Twin Cities

A consumer in the Twin Cities area has contacted the BBB about a credit card offer they received via fax.

08/17/2011

BBB: April Tornado, Contractor Bruce Pettis Put Homeowners In Double Jeopardy

Homeowners in Berkeley, Mo., say that Pettis Construction Co. of Florissant, Mo., did such poor quality work that they were forced to live elsewhere.

07/29/2011

Beware of Scammers Posing as Friends in Trouble

07/29/2011

Scam Cooking in Your Inbox

Scammers posing as Kentucky Fried Chicken are luring victims with false promises of a free $100 KFC gift card.

07/21/2011

Scam Alert: BBB Warns of an Email Phishing Scam

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a new email scam designed to steal your money. Be on the lookout for an email claiming to be from someone you know who is stuck in another country. They are asking you to give them a loan to pay for their hotel bills and airfare home and request that you respond via email.


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