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Schools Get Fake Invoices
Sedona AZ (September 26, 2014) – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning schools and school districts across the country about possible fake invoices for educational supplies. In the past weeks, there has been a rush of complaints filed with BBB against Scholastic School Supply, which claim either a Nevada or New Jersey address that are only mail drops.
BBB Serving Southern Nevada received...
FTC Shuts Down Multi Million Phone Scam
Sedona AZ (March 31, 2014) – by Colleen Tressler, Consumer Education Specialist for the Federal Trade Commission:
What do you say to a group of thieves that steal more than $20 million from tens of thousands of older consumers? The FTC says, “Gotcha!”
The FTC filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop a multi-million dollar cross-border telemarketing operation led by Ari Tietolman. The FTC...
Elderly Prescott Man Victim of American Sweepstakes Scam
Sedona AZ (July 31, 2013) – An elderly Prescott man fell victim to four counts of alleged fraud over a week long period in mid-July. The victim, 82, told Prescott police he was contacted four separate times over a single week by individuals who claimed to work for American Sweepstakes. The victim allegedly mailed a cashier’s check for $2,500 after the initial contact, but never received...