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05/15/2012
The Better Business Bureau has received hundreds of calls from consumers nationwide inquiring about the Clear-Cast HDTV Antenna. The product is manufactured by Brilliant Built Technologies, a subsidiary of Universal Media Syndicate, Inc., located in Canton, Ohio. The company is running large advertorial ads that appear in newspapers across the U.S. and mailing to residents nationwide offering to eliminate cable and satellite costs completely using the Clear-Cast HDTV Antennae.
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05/03/2012
Small businesses and consumers across the country are falling victim to the latest email phishing scam that exploits BBB’s name. The campaign that started yesterday was the second biggest phishing scam in the country.
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05/02/2012
May 2, 2012 – Arlington, VA - May is National Moving Month and the start of the busiest time of year for changing residencies…which means unlicensed movers and dishonest scammers are waiting to take advantage of consumers who aren’t careful.
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04/24/2012
BBB alerts businesses to mailings from Yellow Pages Directories, Carrollton, TX, an independent yellow pages publisher. Complaints allege the mailings are misleading about a "free" listing that can end up costing over $300 semi-annually.
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04/10/2012
The FINRA National Financial Capability Study recently looked at the spending and saving habits of Americans and came up with some startling information.
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04/03/2012
Fake BBB emails download malware that can steal bank information; BBB is working with FBI to stop the thieves
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03/12/2012
BBB Wise Giving Alliance tried for six years to get Invisible Children to cooperate in a charity review. Since 2006, BBB has sent 18 letters to the non-profit behind the Kony 2012 video, but has received no response.
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03/01/2012
Consumer savvy, smart shopping and common sense all had a great year. Consumers asked BBB for help more than 103 million times in 2011, up from 87 million in 2010 and the highest rate in the organization’s 100-year history.
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02/23/2012
The Obama Administration recognized the importance of industry self-regulation in providing consumers with privacy protections. CBBB's Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program has been at the center of such self-regulatory efforts.
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02/16/2012
Connecticut Better Business Bureau reminds taxpayers that the IRS does not initiate contact by email or any social media tools to request personal or financial information from taxpayers.
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02/16/2012
In 2011, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Dallas and Northeast Texas provided a total of 5,885,694 instances of service, up 16% from 2010.
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02/03/2012
When dining out at a fancy restaurant or spending the night away in a hotel, it’s important to take notice of what the banking industry calls an “authorization hold” on your credit card.
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01/04/2012
BBB names the Top Ten Scams of 2011, drawn from the new BBB Scam Source, www.bbb.org/scam. Along with job scams, social media scams and more, the Scam of the Year is a malicious email claiming to be from BBB.
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12/20/2011
BBB warns daily deal shoppers that SaveMore.com in Addison, TX, has been the subject of 227 complaints concerning non-receipt of vouchers; non-delivery of products such as cell phone covers, water bottles, and watches; and gift card vouchers that don’t work.
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12/16/2011
An email scam using BBB's name and logo continues to proliferate. Most of the emails containe the subject line “Complaint from your customers" and have a link or attachment containing phishing malware that steals information.
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