There is a tool on the Better Business Bureau website that can help you keep track of what scams are hot in your area. The Scam Tracker was launched several years ago, giving consumers a tool to track the various scams that are going on, where they are being practiced, and how much money is being lost. BBB Investigator Don O’Brien says you can easily find out what’s happening just by going online.
“If you get a suspicious mailing, or if you get an email that is weird or a call, and you get a name, you can go to that scam tracker and put that name in and see if anything in our area is going on. You can pull up that scam tracker, which you can find right on bbb.org, you can pull up the Google map, put a date in the category, and zoom right down into your area and see what scams are being reported. It is a really neat tool.”
He says the map shows all of North America, so you can see what’s happening in your neighborhood, or as far away as Canada or Mexico. You can find the Scam Tracker at www.bbb.org/scamtracker.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
