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BBB Tips - Scam

Title	Date:
'Tis the Season for Financial Crimes against Seniors	11/30/2005
'Vishing' is the New 'Phishing'	9/29/2006
Age-Old Scam Acquires New Life	6/23/2003
As Gas Prices Rise, so do the Number of Scams	9/7/2005
As the Weather Heats Up, So Does Travel Fraud	5/25/2000
Bankruptcy Scam Operators Can Lock You Out of Your Home	1/24/2003
BBB Advises Caution When Dealing With Talent/Modeling Agencies	3/25/2003
BBB Alerts Businesses to Beware of Voice Mail Hackers	8/2/2005
BBB Issues Alert for Phishing Attack Targeting Thousands of Businesses and Consumers	2/13/2007
BBB Issues Alert for Phishing Attack Targeting Thousands of Businesses and Consumers	3/1/2007
BBB Issues International Alert: BBB Name Used to Scam Online Buyers	1/27/2006
BBB Notes Surge in Telephone Scams to Gain Credit Card Numbers	7/26/2000
BBB Targets Identity Theft Campaign To Businesses:	10/23/2003
BBB WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT FAKE CHECK SCHEMES	6/12/2006
BBB Warns Consumers of Phone Cramming	9/6/2001
BBB Warns of Medicare Prescription Drug Scams	11/4/2005
Be a Smarter Consumer	1/15/2004
Be An Educated Consumer: Know the Danger Signals of Scams	3/25/2003
Better Business Bureau Cautions Donors On Kosovo Relief Appeals	4/6/1999
Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers About Y2K Scams: Offers Preparedness Info	7/8/1999
Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers of Three Work-at-Home Companies Based in State of Oregon	9/28/1999
Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers to look out for Magazine Subscription Scams	1/14/1999
Beware of Bogus Law Enforcement Groups	9/4/2002
BEWARE OF BOGUS POSTAL JOB LISTINGS	6/12/2006
Beware of Desktop Forgery	9/6/2001
Beware of Employment Scams	7/24/2002
Beware of Fraudulent International Phone Calls	4/7/2004
Beware of Phony Federal Job Listings	3/25/2003
Beware of Phony Social Security Scams	12/15/2004
Beware of Predatory Practices in Home Mortgage Lending	4/12/2002
Beware of Toner-Phoners!	9/28/1999
Boiler Room Schemes	9/6/2001
Can This E-mail be a Phony?	8/1/2003
Canadian Scams	9/6/2001
Check Fraud Against Businesses Proliferates	9/6/2001
Concerns and Complaints increase on Iraqi Dinar Investment Opportunity	2/14/2007
Congratulations, You are a Winner (Not!)	6/15/2005
Consumers Beware of Advance Fee Loans	4/30/2000
Consumers Continue to Fallfor the Most Common Telephone Scams	7/11/2000
Consumers Now Target of Nigerian Letter Scams	1/8/2001
Consumers Warned to Protect Against Commodities Fraud	5/13/2004
Counterfeit Coupons Offer No Savings	1/15/2003
Counterfeit Postal Money Orders Can Scam Consumers and Businesses	5/11/2005
Counterfeit Software Offers Flooding E-mail Inboxes	7/20/2004
Credit Repair Fraud Proliferates	3/7/2002
Don't Fall Victim to Tax Reduction Schemes!	1/30/2007
Don't Get Burned by Furnace Fraud	10/22/2002
Don't Get Burned By Hot Travel Deals	6/16/1999
Don't Get Hit by the Seminar Pitch!	6/28/2002
Don't Get Short Changed: Be Aware of Vending Machine Scams	8/8/2002
Don't Get Taken to the Bank - Protect Your ATM and Debit Cards	6/1/2004
Don't Lose Your Cash to Enticing Investment Offers	3/29/2003
Faith-Based Investment Scams on the Rise	10/21/2001
File Segregation: A New Identity - Not a Good Idea!	2/2/1999
Foreclosure 'Rescue' Scams on the Rise	7/7/2005
Foreign Lottery Scams	9/6/2001
Franchising Fraud	9/1/2001
Fraudulent Health Insurance a Growing Problem	11/11/2003
Free Cash Grants are Too Good to Be True	7/14/2002
Gifting Clubs are Pyramid Schemes!	8/9/2004
Gifting Clubs: A New Twist to the Age-Old Pyramid Scheme	3/31/2000
Good Planning Can Foil Funeral Scams	10/12/2005
Graduates Cautioned to Avoid Online Job Scams	5/11/2005
Have you been victimized by Identity Theft?	10/5/2004
Hold the Phone! Do Not Call!	7/23/2003
Home Buyers: Protect Yourself from Predatory Lenders	5/8/2007
How the Faithful Can Avoid Investment Scams	9/6/2001
How to "Can" Unwanted Spam!	3/7/2006
How to Protect Your Business Against Schemes, Scams and Fraud	11/1/1998
Identifying Fake Foreign Lottery Scams	5/2/2007
Identity Thieves Sometimes Target Businesses	7/7/2005
Internet Scams Bad for Business	9/30/2004
Investment Fraud Proliferates	9/4/2001
Investment Scams Targeting Seniors on the Rise	9/6/2003
Investor Alert! Beware of Companies Offering Quick Riches Selling Precious Metals and Other Commodities	3/2/2002
Investors Warned Not to Risk Homes to Buy Securities	6/17/2004
Job Applicants Beware of "Reshipping" and "Forwarding" Scams	9/30/2004
Know the Facts about "Green Card" Lottery	11/10/2003
Know the Facts About Used Car Fraud Before You Buy	3/1/2001
Latest Telemarketing Pitches That Don't Ring True	1/9/2002
Living Trust	1/25/2002
Living Trusts - How to Avoid the Scams	10/9/2000
Medical Billing Opportunities	5/3/2004
Medicare Discount Drug Program Attract Con Artists	5/13/2004
More Work, More Scams	1/1/2000
National Consumer Protection Week - Don't Pay an Up Front Fee for a Loan!	2/3/2004
National Gun Control Poll Investigated	5/26/1999
New Research Shows Identity Fraud Growth Is Contained and Consumers Have More Control Than They Think	1/31/2006
New Year's Resolution: Avoid These Scams	1/12/2003
Nigerian Letter Scams	3/25/2003
Nigerian Letter Scams Go High Tech	6/10/1999
October is Protect Older Americans from Fraud Month	10/6/2004
Office Supply Scams Rely on Unsuspecting Employees	2/13/2006
Phone Scammers are Notorious Impersonators	8/9/2004
Phony Grant Foundations Target Business Owners	4/5/2005
Prevent Identity Theft: Protect Your Paper Files!	2/8/2005
Protect Your Business Week: Businesses Urged to Report Bogus Scams	3/14/2001
Rising Gas Prices Encourage Gas-Saving Scammers	6/17/2004
Safety Considerations When Using Kerosene Heaters	10/4/2002
Scam Artists Create Phony Regulators to Bamboozle	12/5/2005
Scam Artists Even Target the Bereaved	7/11/2006
Scam-Proofing Your Business	6/30/2002
Scholarship Services - Are they all Scams?	5/19/2003
Shopping Online For The Holidays: Twelve Tips To Protect Yourself From Cyber Grinches, Scams And Schemes	11/17/2005
Sidewalk Salesmen and Parking Lot Peddlers	8/9/2004
Some Scam Artists Target Businesses	3/2/2005
Spotting "Forex" Fraud	9/4/2003
Spotting Rogue Movers Before They Have Your Goods	5/2/2007
Storm Clean-up Schemes Cause Additional Heartache	8/11/2006
Telemarketing Schemes and Scams	3/25/2003
The Check in the Mail Could Be a Scam	9/30/2004
The Search for College Funding Requires Homework	3/21/2007
Timeshare Scams Can Bilk the Unsuspecting	4/5/2005
Tips for Businesses to Avoid Overpayment Scams	8/2/2005
Tips for Businesses: Teach Employees to Avoid Being Scammed Online	1/9/2006
Top Consumer Myths!	1/10/2005
TTY Relay Operators Used to Defraud Businesses	4/7/2004
Vanity Pitches � Don�t Believe the Hype!	3/12/2004
VIN Cloning Swindles Luxury Car Buyers	6/15/2005
Warm Weather Brings Con Artists	3/22/2002
Warning Signs of Foreign Currency Trading Fraud	9/30/2004
Watch Out for Donation Processing Job Scams	5/11/2006
Weight Loss Promotions	3/25/2003
Who's Swiping Your Credit Card	12/1/2001
Work-at-Home Schemes	3/25/2003
Work-At-Home-Schemes Now Peddled On-Line	2/2/2003
Yellow Pages Invoice Scams Proliferate	3/25/2003
You're the Lucky Winner!	8/24/2003