Your BBB is offering FREE shredding and recycling at the annual 2011 Spring Shred Day this month. From 9am – 1pm, BBB will be at the following locations collecting up to 5 boxes of paper documents, compact disks, floppy disks and old cell phones for shredding and recycling.

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The historic earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan has left hundreds of thousands of people in need of help. If you plan to donate money to assist with the relief efforts, BBB wants to help you make sure your donation ends up in the right hands! Here are five tips for making safe donations:

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The historic earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan has left hundreds of thousands of people in need of help. If you plan to donate money to assist with the relief efforts, BBB wants to help you make sure your donation ends up in the right hands! Here are five tips for making safe donations:

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To kick-off the celebration of National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12, 2011), BBB is excited to announce today that we’ve redesigned our BBB Business Review search website! Over 65 million businesses were researched on bbb.org in 2010, proving that more and more people are relying on BBB Business Reviews to find trustworthy businesses and make well-informed purchase decisions.

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These five holiday season scams are sure to steal your cheer. As you shop for your friends and family, look out for the common threats that BBB sees every year…

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These five holiday season scams are sure to steal your cheer. As you shop for your friends and family, look out for the common threats that BBB sees every year…

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A common way consumers can be tricked into a sweepstakes scam is when the person who initiates the contact identifies with a well known organization or government entity. Luckily the person who called BBB yesterday wasn't fooled by a phone call from the "Federal Gaming Commission."

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A common way consumers can be tricked into a sweepstakes scam is when the person who initiates the contact identifies with a well known organization or government entity. Luckily the person who called BBB yesterday wasn't fooled by a phone call from the "Federal Gaming Commission."

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A common way consumers can be tricked into a sweepstakes scam is when the person who initiates the contact identifies with a well known organization or government entity. Luckily the person who called BBB yesterday wasn't fooled by a phone call from the "Federal Gaming Commission."

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A common way consumers can be tricked into a sweepstakes scam is when the person who initiates the contact identifies with a well known organization or government entity. Luckily the person who called BBB yesterday wasn't fooled by a phone call from the "Federal Gaming Commission."

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Shred Day is coming up THIS Saturday for San Antonio and Austin business owners and consumers. While BBB will gladly accept your old documents and records, we do want to make sure you're not discarding things you should be keeping. That's why we have the following records retention schedule for you to use as a guide BEFORE packing those boxes and bags into your car:

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Identity theft continues to be a concern for consumers and businesses. That’s why BBB is offering you FREE shredding and recycling at the annual 2010 Fall Shred Day next month, as part of National Protect Your Identity Week (October 17-23, 2010).

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It’s been nearly 4 months since oil began leaking from a well dug by British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. This environmental disaster captured the attention of consumers, as well as scammers, nationwide. While the leak has since been sealed, BBB continues to hear from consumers about potential scams related to a variety of issues stemming from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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It’s been nearly 4 months since oil began leaking from a well dug by British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. This environmental disaster captured the attention of consumers, as well as scammers, nationwide. While the leak has since been sealed, BBB continues to hear from consumers about potential scams related to a variety of issues stemming from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Last week, we gave consumers a few tips and advice for making wise donation decisions towards helping oil spill relief efforts. As an addition to that information, here are the websites of several national BBB Accredited charities addressing the oil spill. Keep in mind, this list only includes charities that meet BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability. Click on each of the names for their individual BBB charity report.

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Last week, we gave consumers a few tips and advice for making wise donation decisions towards helping oil spill relief efforts. As an addition to that information, here are the websites of several national BBB Accredited charities addressing the oil spill. Keep in mind, this list only includes charities that meet BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability. Click on each of the names for their individual BBB charity report.

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A couple of months ago, we warned you about a phony BBB lottery scam circulating mailboxes. Apparently that is old news and now scammers are moving on to using BBB's name in a sweepstakes scam. The BBB in Florida alerted us about a consumer who called and claimed someone from BBB informed him a company was looking for him because he was the winner of $85,000 and a brand new car. Wouldn't that be nice?

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A couple of months ago, we warned you about a phony BBB lottery scam circulating mailboxes. Apparently that is old news and now scammers are moving on to using BBB's name in a sweepstakes scam. The BBB in Florida alerted us about a consumer who called and claimed someone from BBB informed him a company was looking for him because he was the winner of $85,000 and a brand new car. Wouldn't that be nice?

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According to the Small Business Administration, over a recent 15-year period, small businesses created some 65 percent of the net new jobs in the private sector. As part of National Small Business Week, BBB reminds small business owners about free resources available online from BBB and several federal agencies to help them stay strong in a tough economy.

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The BBB Center and its main program BBB Military Line have been included in the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity List!

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