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11/13/2009
The Better Business Bureau announced the winners of the 2009 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. They are Empire Carpet, Monroeville PA and Legacy Remodeling, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
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11/12/2009
This year the FBI has reported a significant increase in frauds that involve the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts.
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10/16/2009
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a new phishing attack that resembles an e-mail confirmation claiming the recipient has filed a complaint with BBB about a business. The malicious e-mails first came to the attention of BBB on Thursday, October 15.
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10/07/2009
In October 2008 Pennsylvania legislature approved the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA) requiring contractors to register with the Bureau General of Consumer Protection of the Pennsylvania Attorney General (Attorney General). The new law also requires that certain terms and language be used in contracts. Contractors will be required to bring their contracts into compliance and to register with the Attorney General by July 1, 2009.
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10/07/2009
Below are some of the most requested inquiries by local Pennsylvanians at your BBB last month. Information is based on our research as of September 1, 2009. For updated BBB information and a current report on the companies, click on their name. To access over four million companies nationwide, visit www.bbb.org. Please take into consideration the importance of the practice and the total performance of the company.
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10/06/2009
Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers and businesses about a new phishing attack that resembles an e-mail confirmation claiming the recipient has filed a complaint with BBB about a business. The malicious e-mails first came to the attention of BBB on Thursday, October 15.
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08/24/2009
Pre-paid phone cards represent telephone time you buy in advance. you pay from $5 to $15 or more up-front for local or long-distance phone time; the amount of time you buy depends on the rate-per-minute you’re charged. For many people, pre-paid phone calls offer the ultimate in convenience. The phone time’s been paid for in advance; the card can be used from any phone; and there’s no need to think about carrying coins or paying a bill later on
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08/18/2009
People think of criminals as shifty, uneducated, or creepy and they believe they can spot a criminal a mile away. In fact, fraudsters who operate scams targeting businesses are sometimes anything but what you expect. They can appear friendly, polite and professional in every way. What that means is that your misperceptions about fraud might make you a target.
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08/03/2009
Pittsburgh, PA– August 3, 2009 – Better Business Bureau is issuing a national alert today about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don’t pay immediately. Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers say they are with the “Financial Accountability Association” or the “Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans” and are equipped with a disconcerting amount of personal information about their potential victims.
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07/31/2009
Below are some of the most requested inquiries by local Pennsylvanians at your BBB last month. Information is based on our research as of August 1, 2009. For updated BBB information and a current report on the companies, click on their name. To access over four million companies nationwide, visit www.bbb.org. Please take into consideration the importance of the practice and the total performance of the company.
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07/23/2009
Editors Note: Following is a transcript of a prepared statement delivered to United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance – as part of a hearing on Advertising Trends and Consumer Protection. The statement was delivered on July 22, 2009 by C. Lee Peeler, President and CEO, National Advertising Review Council and Executive Vice President, Advertising Self-Regulation, Council of Better Business Bureaus.
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07/17/2009
BBB has become aware that the Car Allowance Rebate System is already attracting “unauthorized identity appropriation.” Web sites are popping up, falsely claiming that consumers need to register for the program. Some impostor sites ask for consumers' personal information including names, addresses and Social Security numbers. In some cases, the sites falsely promise that consumers will be put in touch with authorized dealers in their area.
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07/13/2009
Below are some of the most requested inquiries by local Pennsylvanians at your BBB last month. Information is based on our research as of June 1, 2009. For updated BBB information and a current report on the companies, click on their name. To access over four million companies nationwide, visit www.bbb.org. Please take into consideration the importance of the practice and the total performance of the company.
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07/02/2009
Pittsburgh, PA (JULY 2, 2009) —A group of the nation's largest media and marketing trade associations today released self-regulatory principles to protect consumer privacy in ad-supported interactive media that will require advertisers and Web sites to clearly inform consumers about data collection practices and enable them to exercise control over that information.
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07/01/2009
Read the fine print or risk getting burned with Twitter work-at-home offers
Pittsburgh, PA July 2, 2009 — Through Tweets, e-mail and Web sites, job hunters are being told that they can make lots of money from the comfort of home using Twitter. Better Business Bureau warns that the large print for such offers may promise big returns but the fine print can cost them every month.
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