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12/10/2012

‘Dear Santa’ Web sites? BBB Recommends Adults Check the Privacy Policy Twice

More than 60 domain names are registered in the name of Santa Claus, offering children a wide range of opportunities to email St. Nick. Sadly, some of the websites aren’t always so trustworthy and can potentially be a dangerous way to share personal information.

08/21/2012

New Email Phishing Scam Hijacks BBB Name

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.

05/07/2012

New Phishing Scam Hurts Small Businesses

When a small plumbing company in Monroe, Louisiana, got an email yesterday from BBB saying they’d had a complaint filed against them, they took it seriously. After all, the company is a BBB Accredited Business and the owner serves on the board of directors of BBB of Northeast Louisiana.

03/29/2012

Malicious Complaint Email claiming it’s from BBB

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is issuing an urgent scam alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that is purporting to be from BBB about a complaint concerning an “unauthorized transaction.”

03/05/2012

BBB Alert: Phishing Attack Using BBB Name Strikes Again

Better Business Bureau is alerting businesses and consumers of potential harm from a scam email that is purporting to be from a bbb.org email address about a recently filed complaint.

02/17/2012

New Scam Uses BBB.org Email Address

Consumers nationwide, including Tucson, are reporting a new round of phishing email scams using the BBB name and email address. Some of the new emails appear to be targeting accountants.

01/18/2012

BBB Phishing Scam Emails Mutates to Target Accredited Businesses

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning businesses of a scam email that appears to be from BBB, but actually contains malicious links, and seeks to trick businesses into divulging sensitive information.

01/17/2012

Malicious Complaint Email claiming it’s from BBB

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is issuing an urgent scam alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that is purporting to be from a bbb.org email address about a recently filed complaint. The email contains a dangerous attachment regarding a complaint and appears to direct recipients to the BBB website. This is a scam - BBB does not send complaints as attachments via email.

04/05/2011

Data Breach Could Spell Trouble for Consumers

Until this weekend, Epsilon wasn’t exactly a household name. But now that the marketing giant firm has notified its high-profile customers that it was the victim of a data breach, web results and social media trends about the company are growing by the minute.

02/11/2010

New Email Scam Hacks User’s Account, Sends Frantic Message to Contacts

K.C. Collins, a Texas resident, has been answering phone calls all morning. People are calling and asking if she is OK. Even people she doesn’t know from college admissions offices are calling to check.

02/09/2010

Beware of Bogus Facebook Email

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning consumers to be on a lookout for a fraudulent email claiming to be from Facebook. The email reads as follows:

12/09/2009

Scammers Deliver Email Scam in Time for the Holidays

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is alerting consumers to a new holiday email scam that’s popping-up in consumers’ inboxes just in time for the holiday shopping season.

12/03/2009

BBB Alert - Chase Bank Phishing Scam Email

A recent Phishing scam email has been detected with the subject "Chase Bank: notice to all customers"

04/01/2004

FTC - The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers

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.

11/01/2002

FTC - Don't Want Your Email Address Harvested?

Consider “masking” your email address.


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