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04/16/2013
At least one poorly-conceived charity scam has already emerged in the wake of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, and more are likely.
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12/18/2012
In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, the national charity monitoring arm of the Better Business Bureau, cautions donors
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12/13/2012
Consumers lose millions to scammers and Ponzi schemes; new effort combines education, local outreach
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10/29/2012
Unscrupulous scammers often prey on distraught homeowners after natural disasters
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11/30/2011
As scammers seek to exploit holiday generosity, Better Business Bureau urges consumers to protect well-intentioned donations.
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11/14/2011
It’s time to start planning your Black Friday, that special day after Thanksgiving when retailers gear up to offer their best. Better Business Bureau past experience tells us that all deals are not created equal and the fine print is often the most important thing. Before you head out the door for a block buster and get caught up in the frenzy, the BBB offers the following tip sheet to help you save time and money.
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10/13/2011
Child identity theft is a growing crime that damages the pristine credit reports of children. Scammers use inactive Social Security numbers they find online – most of which are assigned to children under the age of 18 who have not started using them yet – and sell them to help people establish fake credit. Protecting a child’s innocent, clean record is something that every parent needs to do.
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08/03/2011
BBB Military Line, a financial literacy and consumer protection initiative for military families, gained a new sustaining partners with the announcement that the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and USAA will provide additional resources to this important program.
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07/14/2011
The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI)announced a groundbreaking agreement that will change the landscape of what is advertised to kids by the nation’s largest food and beverage companies.
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05/17/2011
Charting Impact reports enable nonprofits and foundations to communicate mission objectives and impact
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05/16/2011
BBB and Capital One Managing Credit – Made Simpler partnership helps small business owners manage credit wisely
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04/07/2011
Just days after millions of customers' email addresses were stolen in one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, the Better Business Bureau is seeing one of the first Epsilon data breach phishing scams.
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11/23/2010
The recent 2010 Protect Your Identity Week (PYIW) campaign hosted by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) protected tens of thousands of consumers against identity theft.
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10/15/2010
When something happens 10 million times per year, it’s worth noting, and in recent years, that’s how many victims of identity theft have reported the abuse to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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05/11/2010
The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative Director, Elaine D. Kolish, issued a statement in response to the Childhood Obesity Task Force report released today.
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