Better Business Bureau Email Scam

The Better Business Bureau has been the victim of another of those insideous email Scam Spam campaigns. BigNewsNow.com received an email purported from the Better Business Bureau telling us that there was a complaint against our business.

BigNewsNow.com has shared many examples of email Scam Spams–these are the REAL spammers. The difference between this one and the multiple emails from the US Postal Service, FedEx, the IRS, and ACH, this one strikes at the heart of responsible, ethical business people.

Here’s what is posted on the Better Business Bureau’s Site:

“Better Business Bureau is issuing an urgent SCAM alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that looks like it is from BBB, with the subject line “Complaint from your customers.” This e-mail is fraudulent; ignore its contents and delete it immediately. If you have already clicked on a link in the e-mail, 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. Do NOT click on the link.

BBB is working with law enforcement to determine its source and stop the fraudulent campaign.”

And here is an image of the bogus letter:

Short URL: http://bignewsnow.com/?p=968

Posted by Elizabeth Samson on Dec 8 2011. Filed under Business News, Featured News, Marketing News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.