Fighting Fraud

Are you seeing work-from-home posts on your social media feeds? Beware of new sales schemes including MRRs and PLRs. Before you purchase MRRs, carefully vet any work-from-home opportunity that promises income. ...

After spring storms, beware of “storm chasers” and out-of-town contractors soliciting home-repair business. Although not all storm chasers are scammers, they may lack proper licensing and insurance, offer quick but inappropriate fixes, or make promises they can’t deliver on. ...

Investment scams, including those involving cryptocurrency (crypto), are now the riskiest scam type, according to a new report by the Better Business Bureau. More than 80 percent of people who were targeted by this scam type reported losing money. It also had the second-highest median dollar loss at $3,800. ...

Stores are stocking eclipse-related merchandise, and online vacation rental owners have experienced an uptick in inquiries for their units. With the anticipation for the April 8 total eclipse growing each day, Better Business Bureau® Serving Greater Cleveland is providing timely advice so consumers can protect themselves from getting burned by eclipse-related scams. ...

An online funeral home misrepresenting itself as a locally based business has earned an F rating from the BBB. Consumers have made shocking allegations that the company fails to release loved ones' cremated remains until a premium is paid, and not providing death certificates.  ...

Better Business Bureau® Serving Greater Cleveland (BBB®) is warning consumers to look out for IRS impersonators and unscrupulous tax preparers this tax season. ...

A 'local' online vehicle dealership specializing in collector vehicles named Amherst Classic Cars is under scrutiny. Consumers report that they attempted to purchase classic cars from online listings posted by the company on Facebook and their website. But things are not as they seem. ...

Reliable Fence and Rail in Wickliffe has failed to respond to several complaints concerning delays in providing agreed-upon services, honoring warranties, providing promised refunds, and failing to begin projects after taking deposits. Reliable Fence and Rail has an “F” rating with BBB. Not so reliable, after all. ...