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1999 BBB Press Releases NOTE TO NEWS MEDIA: To get press releases by email, send an email containing your full name, position, news organization, mailing & email addresses, and phone number to media@cbbb.bbb.org. This service is available to members of the media only. Title Date: Better Business Bureau Cautions Donors About Firefighter Appeals Seeking to Take Advantage of Massachusetts Tragedy 12/13/1999 Better Business Bureau System Posts Draft of New Code of Online Business Practices and Solicits Public Comment 11/22/1999 Know Fraud Takes Aim at Illegal Telemarketers 11/17/1999 Consumers to Spend 20% of Holiday Budget Online; Better Business Bureau Offers Advice for Safe Shopping on the Net 11/8/1999 Don't Assume High Tech Guarantees High Ethics! 11/3/1999 BBB & YPPA Urge Small Businesses to Use Internet to Report Scams and Warn Other Businesses 11/1/1999 BBB & YPPA Urge Small Businesses to Use Internet to Report Scams and Warn Other Businesses 11/1/1999 Infant Formula Settlement Rumor is False! 10/12/1999 BBBOnLine Names Project Director to Help Draft Internet's First Code of Business Practices Timetable Set for Completing Code 9/28/1999 Beware of Toner-Phoners! 9/28/1999 Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers of Three Work-at-Home Companies Based in State of Oregon 9/28/1999 Use Caution with Galaxy Web-Internet Services 9/9/1999 Beware of Y2K Slamming 9/9/1999 Two Internet Chain Letters are Hoaxes 9/8/1999 UK-Based Groups Now Targeting Canadian and U.S. Companies 9/8/1999 Be Cautious of Free PC Offers 8/18/1999 Council of Better Business Bureaus Names Kenneth J. Hunter as President and CEO 8/3/1999 FTC Recognizes BBB As Leader In Protecting Privacy Online 7/23/1999 BBB And SIIA Launch Campaign To Curb Software Piracy 7/21/1999 Now is the Time to Comparison Shop for Auto Insurance 7/9/1999 Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers About Y2K Scams: Offers Preparedness Info 7/8/1999 BBB Offers New Business Ethics Training Program 6/29/1999 BBB Joins FTC To Issue Alert On Internet Cramming; Goal Is To Educate Small Businesses Who Are Common Prey 6/17/1999 Don't Get Burned By Hot Travel Deals 6/16/1999 Nigerian Letter Scams Go High Tech 6/10/1999 BBBOnLine To Develop Code Of Online Business Practices 6/8/1999 National Gun Control Poll Investigated 5/26/1999 BBBOnLine Reliability Program Hits Milestone of 3,000 Members at Two-Year Anniversary 5/12/1999 BBB Issues National Consumer Alert On Pentagono And Future Strategies 5/12/1999 Better Business Bureau Can Help Consumers Avoid Home Improvement Headaches 5/4/1999 Restitution Available For Consumers Victimized Through Mail Scams 5/3/1999 Solutions For Seniors: BBB Offers Free Brochures 4/28/1999 BBBOnLine Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee On Progress Of Internet Privacy Program 4/21/1999 Better Business Bureau Cautions Donors On Kosovo Relief Appeals 4/6/1999 Better Business Bureau Announces Winners of National Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics 3/29/1999 22 Outstanding Businesses Named As Finalists In National BBB Marketplace Ethics Competition 3/11/1999 Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers to look out for Magazine Subscription Scams 1/14/1999 BBB Offers Information on the Year 2000 1/1/1999

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