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Better Business Bureau offers taxpayers tips when selecting tax preparer

Better Business Bureau offers taxpayers tips when selecting tax preparer

The Better Business Bureau is encouraging  taxpayers to use caution when selecting tax preparation help. The group gets complaints every year about tax preparers who  made errors, resulting in fines… Read more »

Better Business Bureau Tips on Returning Gifts after Christmas

Better Business Bureau Tips on Returning Gifts after Christmas

Simply buying an appropriate gift in the final days leading to Christmas may be considered a success. However, it is important to pay attention to the return policies at the stores where you… Read more »

Visa, FTC and BBB Partner to Educate Consumers about Online Scams

Visa, FTC and BBB Partner to Educate Consumers about Online Scams

Twenty-nine percent of online U.S. consumers victimized by deceptive marketing Today Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) joined the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau in a press conference to… Read more »

Chicago Consumer Confidence Down: Better Business Bureau Online Numbers Hit Record Two Million Hits

Chicago Consumer Confidence Down: Better Business Bureau Online Numbers Hit Record Two Million Hits

The numbers tell the story: two million online hits so far in 2009, a new BBB record. Online consumers and businesses want to be confident they are doing business with… Read more »

Top Ethical Businesses in Chicago Honored by BBB as Torch Award Winners

Top Ethical Businesses in Chicago Honored by BBB as Torch Award Winners

The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago & Northern Illinois (BBB) announces the 2009 winners of the thirteenth annual Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, which spotlights companies that exemplify ethical business… Read more »

Chicago BBB Warns as Halloween Trick-or-Treating Approaches, Don’t Let Scareware Trick Your Computer

Chicago BBB Warns as Halloween Trick-or-Treating Approaches, Don’t Let Scareware Trick Your Computer

Computer experts are warning consumers and businesses that scareware – appropriately named in time for Halloween – is another technique used by hackers to steal personal information and spread viruses… Read more »

The Better Business Bureau of Chicago Warns Your Online Diploma Could be a Worthless Piece of Paper

The Better Business Bureau of Chicago Warns Your Online Diploma Could be a Worthless Piece of Paper

It’s time to head back to school for many students. However the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about online programs that offer fast and easy high school diplomas or… Read more »

The Chicago and Northern Illinois BBB Releases Its List of Reported Check Scams and Advance Fee Lenders

The Chicago and Northern Illinois BBB Releases Its List of Reported Check Scams and Advance Fee Lenders

In order to make specific information more accessible to consumers, the Chicago and Northern Illinois BBB is providing the below list of currently active Advance Fee Loan scams and check… Read more »

The Chicago Office of the Better Business Bureau Offers Small Business Advice on Fighting “Friendly” Fraud

The Chicago Office of the Better Business Bureau Offers Small Business Advice on Fighting “Friendly” Fraud

Businesses are increasingly becoming victims of “friendly fraud” – fraud carried out by customers to get items free of charge. The Better Business Bureau warns small business owners to be… Read more »

Widespread Harassment from Phony Debt Collectors Raises Concerns of Mass Data Breach, Warns BBB

Widespread Harassment from Phony Debt Collectors Raises Concerns of Mass Data Breach, Warns BBB

Scammers may have Social Security and bank account numbers, home addresses and employer information The Better Business Bureau is issuing an alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers… Read more »

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