Scammers Use Better Business Bureau Name To Commit ScamsThe Better Business Bureau recently issued a national alert to warn consumers and businesses about two questionable operations that are falsely using the BBB name to scam victims. One business is perpetrating an advance fee loan scam that targets consumers and businesses with poor credit records. It has provided as a reference fictitious BBB phone numbers that are answered by representatives who falsely claim to be with the Better Business Bureau and provide a positive report on the business in question. The other entity, which appears to be a telemarketer, is contacting local businesses, falsely stating to be from the BBB and calling about a complaint or to update BBB files. The telemarketer proceeds to ask questions that have nothing to do with BBB business and leaves as a contact number 1.800.CALL.BBB. "Bureaus across the country are reporting calls from victims. These scammers are falsely using the Better Business Bureau name to try to gain credibility with potential victims," said Ken Hunter, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. "We urge people to double-check with their local BBB whenever they receive a dubious phone call or see the BBB name tied to a questionable promotion. We’re easy to find in the telephone directory or on the web at Read similar articles: Conference Call Etiquette – The Do's and Don'ts of Multi-Way Phone ConversationsBusiness Cartoons Mean Business Boardroom Presentations: Sweat Like a Horse The Business Day (Lease Purchase or Otherwise) Finding Balance In A Tilted World Increase Your Income through International Trade Make Your Fortune in a Paper Business Other People's Products Can Make You Rich To Be A Champion, Become A Child The Art of Knowing When To Say When www.bieszczady.net.pl Cialis wakacje bułgaria cheap london hotels fluting
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