BBB Trends: Check out those dietary supplements to make good decisions about New Year’s resolutions
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The recurring New Year’s resolutions to eat better, live healthier, and exercise more often…
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Keven Moore: Job scammers are bustling — and all they want for Christmas is to steal your identity
December is the month where many of us migrate to the mall and different shopping centers to shop for Christmas….
BBB Trends: Protect your holiday packages from being stolen — beware of ‘porch pirates’ out there
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Online shopping is a great time saver during the holiday season but the packages…
BBB Trends: Ho Ho Ho — don’t take fun out of your holiday by falling for Secret Sister Gift Exchange
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The 2016 holiday season is in full swing and with it comes numerous distractions…
BBB Trends: Heads up, businesses — Cyber Theft can happen on Cyber Monday and beyond
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau At least 59% of consumers are planning to make their holiday purchases from an…
BBB Trends: Wake up, cut through the noise and protect your ID — shred and mind your trash
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Today’s thieves are ruthless when it comes to acquiring personal information such as a…
BBB Trends: Clever brand marketing tricks may give impression of commitment to charity, but beware
Each October, everything from bags of cookies to cans of beans are decorated with colored ribbons or logos in order…
BBB Trends: Marketplace scams cost us $50 billion a year; everyone is vulnerable and should be alert
One in four – that is the number of households that will be affected this year by a marketplace scam…
BBB Trends: Given potential for severe storms, it’s a good time to take inventory of your insurance polices
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The transition from summer into fall has the potential to produce severe storms that…
BBB Trends: Put down that hammer — and look up an accredited contractor for your fall projects
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau It won’t be long before the leaves start to change colors and temperatures start…
BBB Trends: College students should avoid these hard lessons — scammers are on the prowl
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Whether it’s the first year or the final year of college, life before the…
BBB Trends: Let logic, not emotion, drive charitable giving decisions to avoid falling victim to fraud
National and local news broadcast horrific images of terror, tragedies, and trauma unfolding around the world. Users on social media…
BBB Trends: New restrictions on telemarketers — look for relief, but register with Do Not Call Registry
The days of incessant calls allegedly from the IRS, US Department of Treasury or a random company claiming you have…
BBB Trends: Don’t be left in doghouse by scammers — beware of check overpayments for pet-sitting job
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau If you’re thinking about going on vacation and having someone stop by to take…
BBB Trends: Mobile phones help us keep in touch, but the smart devices are easy targets for ID theft
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau We live, organize, and stay in touch with family and friends with our mobile…
BBB Trends: Highway hitchhiker of the cyber variety may be unknown (and unwanted) guest on your trip
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The days of playing license plate bingo, singing silly songs, teasing siblings, or hearing…
BBB Trends: Roll out of chip embedded credit and debit cards has businesses “slammed” with scams
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The slow roll out of the chip embedded credit/debit cards is providing an opportunity…
BBB Trends: When passion turns into a business, jobs are created — but questions to be answered
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Sometimes a dream is just that — a dream, like a doodle on a…