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10/20/2009
The Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a new phishing attack that resembles an email confirmation claiming the recipient has filed a complaint with the BBB. The malicious emails first came to the attention of the BBB on Thursday, October 15.
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06/25/2009
The Competition Bureau announced today that it has secured commitments from seven Canadian hot tub and spa retailers making representations that their Dynasty Spas products are associated with the ENERGY STAR program. The Bureau concludes that these representations violated the Competition Act, in that they were materially false or misleading and influenced consumers in their decision to purchase the products.
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11/14/2008
Have you ever received a bill or invoice for a “business directory listing” you never ordered? Maybe you’ve even received a CD-ROM in the mail along with the invoice.
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10/23/2008
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a phishing scheme that uses both e-mail messages and blog posts directing recipients and viewers to register software with BBB. BBB wants the public to know that such messages and posts are not coming from any element of the BBB System, and that this attack has not affected BBB computer systems or networks nor has any data been comprised.
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10/15/2008
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning taxpayers to beware of a recent scam where some Canadians are receiving a letter fraudulently identified as coming from the CRA and asking for personal information. The letter is not from the CRA.
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09/29/2008
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today issued a warning about a lottery scam targeting consumers in Canada.
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09/25/2008
Though the “Emergency Scam” (sometimes referred to as the “Grandparent Scam”) has been around for years, the RCMP led Canadian Anti-Fraud Call Centre (PhoneBusters) warns the public to be on the look out after noting a marked increase in the number of complaints in the last two months.
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06/25/2008
The Ottawa Police would like to make the public aware of numerous complaints made by the public. Complaints have been received regarding aggressive door-to-door carpet sale people trying to sell low-grade products as high quality handmade products.
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05/14/2008
The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Section would like to remind the public to be on the look out for the "Black Money Scam".
The Organized Fraud Section has recently investigated three cases of this scam in the Ottawa region and strongly suspects that there are other persons who have yet to report to police or are currently still being targeted.
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03/20/2008
The Ottawa Police Service has received several complaints regarding a “hitman” scam, where recipients are advised that the sender has been hired to kill them. If the recipient pays the requested fee, the sender will not carry out the hit.
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03/03/2008
The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Section has investigated numerous complaints involving a local snow removal company. Allegations against the company were in relation to poor service, no service, and fraudulent business practices.
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02/04/2008
The FBI has recently developed information indicating cyber criminals are attempting to once again send fraudulent e-mails to unsuspecting recipients stating that someone has filed a complaint against them or their company with the Department of Justice or another organization such as the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, or the Better Business Bureau.
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12/04/2007
Every day, ads for work-at-home jobs appear in newspapers across the country as well as in national magazines and on the Internet. Some of the offers include stuffing envelopes, assembling products, reading books, reviewing movies, medical billing, or selling advertising on the Internet.The Better Business Bureau suggests using extreme caution...
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10/04/2007
The BBB name is being used in a "phishing" scam in which receipents receive a message from idtheft@bbb.org (which is not a real address).
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09/26/2007
The BBB has received many e-mails similiar to this one this week and warns consumers to beware: "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is."
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