BBB Names Top Ten Scams of 2015. Can You Guess Who Came in First?

When BBB launched BBB Scam Tracker we had great expectations for a new product that would not only track scams, but allow everyone to see exactly where these scams were taking place.

With over 10,000 scams reported (and growing each day) let’s hear it for our biggest scam of 2015 – Fake IRS Scam.

“Scammers are all basically imposters,” notes Mary E. Power, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the umbrella organization for 113 local, independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico. “Three of the top four scams reported to us are those that scare people with threats of arrest, law suits or other frightening actions. Scammers are pretending to be government agents, lawyers, debt collectors, police officers. They engage directly with you, so your best bet to avoid being scammed is to stop engaging. Hang up the phone, delete the email, shut the door.”

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