BBB warns businesses, consumers about fraudulent email
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Posted: 12/08/2011
(WXYZ) - If you get an email from someone claiming to be from the Better Business Bureau, you may want to think twice before opening it.
The BBB is issuing an urgent scam alert, cautioning businesses and consumers about a fraudulent email with the subject line “Complaint from your customers”. The email is phony and should be deleted immediately, according to BBB representatives.
If you received the email and already clicked on a link within it, you’re urged to run a full virus scan of your computer.
The e-mails have return addresses that BBB does not use (one example is riskmanager@bbb.org) and it is signed with the address of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the national office of the BBB system. The e-mail contains a link to a non-BBB web site.
BBB is working with law enforcement to determine its source and stop the fraudulent campaign.
YOU CAN PREVIEW AN IMAGE OF THE EMAIL ABOVE.
For more information, visit BBB.org.
Copyright 2011 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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