Due to persistent scams that create havoc in the always chaotic tax season, the IRS as well as the BBB encourage everyone to file as soon as possible. When a fake tax collector threatens their target with arrest and demands money, it becomes a difficult scam to classify. It has only recently gained its own…
By Aaron Reese The Facebook Marketplace is steadily growing in popularity. Like Craigslist, it displays a local collection of personal sale classified ads. One reason it’s probably gaining in popularity is that a seller must have a Facebook account. There’s no denying the overwhelming popularity of Facebook. Most people surf the site daily, and it’s…
By John Sparks Our office receives countless calls about scams. We do our best to let our members know about things to watch out for. Did you know about BBB’s Scam Tracker? BBB launched Scam Tracker in 2015 to provide consumers across North America with a place to report scams and fraud, and to warn others…
Author: Aaron Reese The public provides the BBB information daily about scams they’ve encountered. Sometimes the targets of these scams seek advice. Other times they just want to let us know what’s going on. I had the intention to write about the many scams that we hear about day in, day out, but one scam…
