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12/10/2012

Scammers Don’t Shape Up, They Ship Out

Shipping Confirmations, Problems and Prizes

05/14/2012

Don't Fall for Fake Amazon.com Cancellati​on Emails

Online shoppers beware! The latest email phishing scam looks just like an order cancellation notice from Amazon.com. Be sure to double check suspicious emails you receive from the online retailer before clicking on any links.

03/29/2012

It's Not Us! Don't Be Deceived by Fake BBB Emails

They're at it again! Phony emails bearing the BBB name are bombarding in-boxes across the country and right here in Maryland.

04/13/2011

BBB Warns Of Scams Spawned By Epsilon Data Breach

Just days after millions of email addresses were stolen from Epsilon, a major email serving firm, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is seeing one of the first phishing scams derived from the breach.

11/17/2010

Package Delivery E-Mail Scam Arrives in Time for Holidays

While you’re getting your holiday happenings lined up, scam artists near and far are working as fast as Santa’s elves to unleash a plethora of scams designed to separate you from your spending money o

11/24/2009

Omaha Company Retrieves $50,000 Lost In Malware Fraud

An Omaha company has contacted BBB to report that it was a victim of a malware scam.

04/01/2004

FTC - The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers

The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) establishes requirements for those who send commercial email, spells out penalties for spammers and companies whose products are advertised in spam if they violate the law, and gives consumers the right to ask emailers to stop spamming them.

11/01/2002

FTC - Don't Want Your Email Address Harvested?

Consider “masking” your email address.

04/01/2002

FTC - You’ve Got Spam: How to "Can" Unwanted Email

Do you receive lots of junk email messages from people you don't know? It's no surprise if you do. As more people use email, marketers are increasingly using email messages to pitch their products and services. Some consumers find unsolicited commercial email - also known as "spam" - annoying and time consuming; others have lost money to bogus offers that arrived in their email in-box.


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