Better Business Bureau Reports Tax Scams as the Most Popular Connecticut Scam

Redding was scam free in 2016, and did not report any scams to the BBB.

Reports to BBB Scam Tracker in 2016 confirmed that tax scams are still the top scam, despite a huge drop in reports after a September police raid in Mumbai, India. The list was compiled based on more than 30,000 scam reports filed by consumers on bbb.org/scamtracker.

Redding did not have any scams reported in 2016 to the BBB . In Connecticut, the top scam was described as “Tax Collection” (28), “Debt Collections” (17), and “Employment” (16).

The top three scams on the 2016 list for the entire US – tax scams, debt collection scams, and sweepstakes/prizes/gifts scams – were the same as in 2015. New to the top ten are online purchase scams (#4) and phishing scams (#10). Online purchase scams were common in 2015 as well, but this scam type was not added as a BBB Scam Tracker category until 2016. Employment scams (#5) are also new to the top ten, but only because work-from-home scams, previously a separate category, were included. Another change was the drop of tech support scams from #4 last year to #7 this year.

BBB encourages consumers to learn how to recognize scams and to avoid them by following these ten simple steps: bbb.org/avoidscams

If you have any questions, or would like to report a scam, please contact the Connecticut BBB here:
BBB Serving Connecticut
29 Berlin Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
Phone: (860) 740-4500
Fax: (860) 740-4515
Email: info@ct.bbb.org

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Submitted by Redding, CT

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