With the holidays behind us, BBB has a few resolutions that can help you fight scammers, prevent identity theft, and find trustworthy businesses and charities in 2023.
The BBB Scam Tracker, bbb.org/scamtracker, is a great tool for reporting scams or finding out whether that email, text or phone call claiming to be from the IRS or trying to collect a debt was legitimate or a scam. Hundreds of thousands of scam reports have been filed nationwide since the inception of the BBB Scam Tracker program. BBB uses the tool to track scams and to report fraudulent activity to the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance for analysis and collaboration with law enforcement.
In this day and age, you can’t afford to make mistakes, “Mechele Agbayani Mills, President and CEO of BBB Serving Central East Texas said. “Taking preventive measures is well worth the time and effort to keep from becoming a victim.”
BBB provides the following resolutions to help consumers position themselves to have a safe, scam-free 2023:
1. Always check a business out with BBB before you buy. Not every business meet BBB Accreditation Standards and are qualified to use an Accredited Business seal on their websites and at on their storefronts. Visit bbb.org to find BBB Business Profiles for nearly 4 million businesses across North America.
2. Be skeptical of…
