BBB Trends: Cyberattack of the Living Dead, when fraudsters assume deceased person’s online identity
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Imagine you’re surfing the Web late one night and an instant message pops up…
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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: Need emergency repairs? Avoid aggravation — choose your repair service carefully
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Service repair industries such as locksmiths, plumbers, appliance repair, and heating/cooling are often on-call…
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: 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: That magnetic strip isn’t going away so fast . . .meantime, vigilance is the key
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau The strip is not going away. Yet. The shift to EMV chip technology for…
BBB Trends: Contractors beware – dangerous storms bring more than just damage to infrastructure
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau Tornado sirens wail. Hail thunders down on the roof and lightning crackles across the…
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: It’s not just people — businesses get scammed too; here are some tips if it happens
By Sandra Guile Better Business Bureau According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, only 28 percent of small…