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11/22/2010
Hawaii's BBB and Big Island police have received reports of a phone scam by a person(s) who fraudulently claims to be an AT&T representative, and asks for immediate payment by credit or debit card.
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08/25/2010
BBB is warning consumers to steer clear of a new scam that promises to improve consumers’ credit scores using a “credit protection number” or CPN.
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08/05/2010
Hawaii's Department of Health reports fake health inspectors contacting local restaurants and may be trying illegally to obtain sensitive information about restaurant employers or employees.
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07/27/2010
BBB is warning businesses about a phishing scheme that spoofs a BBB complaint. These e-mail messages are not coming from any entity connected to the BBB system.
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07/19/2010
Military personnel who have an allotment to buy U.S. savings bonds with their pay must take steps before the U.S. Savings Bond Payroll Savings Plan goes all electronic by the end of August.
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06/24/2010
Based on complaints filed with BBB, U.S. residents lost an estimated total of $250,000 to advance fee loan scams this spring. Hawaii's BBB has tips to avoid losing money to lecherous lenders.
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06/15/2010
Two BBBs have recently issued warnings about work-at-home scams offering work that involves shipping packages overseas.
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04/14/2010
Beware of fake complaint reports coming from seatac@bbb.org. BBB is warning businesses to beware of a new malicious e-mail that pretends to be from BBB about a complaint filed against the company.
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02/12/2010
BBB warns senior citizens that the “grandparent scam” is back. Well-meaning senior citizens who think they are helping a grandchild in distress are becoming victims of another wave of the scam.
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01/22/2010
Hawaii’s BBB is warning consumers about phone scammers who are using the BBB name to trick people into believing they have won a prize package.
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01/08/2010
Promises of easy wealth through cash gifting programs or clubs abound online. BBB warns that cash gifting is not a legitimate way to make money and is nothing more than a pyramid scheme.
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12/15/2009
BBB warns consumers about a Phoenix-based company offering business opportunities selling credit card terminals to local merchants. Oahu and Maui residents are among those with complaints to BBB.
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11/11/2009
Web sites are trading on the Google name to scam people who want to work from home. Consumers often assume they are getting a job with Google but are being conned by yet another work-at-home scheme.
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10/30/2009
Hawaii’s BBB is warning people not to open an e-mail claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). If you get one of these e-mails, DO NOT open it or click on the link inside.
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09/08/2009
A company saying it's “the center of the online universe” could be a pyramid scheme. People pay iJango hundreds upfront based on claims that they can earn money by recruiting others to do the same.
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