Tri State Better Business Bureau

Your BBB® would like to remind everyone that Yahoo customer service is always free, no matter what you may have read online. According to the FTC, people have been calling in saying they’ve been charged for Yahoo customer support. The reality is that you can’t contact Yahoo via telephone, so any number you find online is fake and probably scam-related...

Your BBB® has written about the topic of ransomware before, but a new study by IBM Security, “Ransomware: How Consumers and Businesses Value Their Data,” sheds more light on its impact. According to the News Release announcing the study, the FBI estimated that cybercriminals made $209 million in the first three months of 2016 which puts them on track to make nearly $1 billion by the end of 2016...

Your BBB® is here to help you save money on energy this winter. After rent/mortgage and groceries, utilities are the biggest monthly expense, so here is what you can do to keep warm while cutting the costs: 1. Open the curtains in your house Most people have blackout curtains in their homes...

Your BBB® is here to help you out in case you got stuck with a bad present. Even though the average American will spend 14 hours picking Christmas gifts, 3 quarters of the population will hate their gifts, according to Time magazine. If we are to believe the online retailer Rakuten, a third of the people will re-gift their unwanted gifts, 27% will donate them to charity, while 14% will sell them..

Your BBB® is getting many complaints regarding online shopping, from puppy scams to fake coupons. As we walk each scam victim through their options, we would like to take a few minutes and remind everyone that there are a few things you can do in order to protect your money when shopping online...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced in a Press Release that victims of AT&T, Tatto, and Acquinity bill cramming would be receiving either a credit on their next bill or a refund check soon. Your BBB® wrote about the FTC’s settlement with AT&T back in October 2014, and we have been following the story ever since. Acc...

108 years of dry spell for the Chicago Cubs have come to an end this year! Your BBB® has some bad news about this, unfortunately. As fans from all around the country celebrate the historic victory, the FBI warns them to be on the lookout for fake Chicago Cubs memorabilia: “Following the great season the Chicago Cubs just had, counterfeiters may see this time as a good opportunity to take advantage

Your BBB® warns that there is a new scam on the horizon! If you ever had your phone ring once and didn’t recognize the number, be glad: you just saved yourself $30! Scammers use a bunch of international area codes that don’t require a foreign code to dial up to charge people up to $30...

Your BBB® has just received an alert from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about scammers impersonating IMF officials. The scam begins with a letter, email, or Facebook post. It tells potential victims to contact the IMF for the issuance of a “Certificate of International Capital Transfer” or other forms of approval...

Recently the Indiana Attorney General, Greg Zoeller, provided information regarding calls from area codes from whence many scams originate.