After the big Black Friday sales, check out the small, local, and independent businesses participating in Small Business Saturday (SBS). It is a day to celebrate small businesses and all they do for their communities. Created in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday – the day after Black Friday – is…
Editorial: Be careful when back to school shopping | Editorials | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
The Better Business Bureau regularly cautions consumers about scams as they prepare for the beginning of the school year. The BBB offers advice when shopping for books, clothes, school supplies, backpacks or other essentials: — Start your back to school shopping by creating a list. Jot down everything you need…
Editorial by The Valdosta (Georgia) Daily Times | Be careful when back to school shopping | Editorials | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
The Better Business Bureau regularly cautions consumers about scams as they prepare for the beginning of the school year. The BBB offers advice when shopping for books, clothes, school supplies, backpacks or other essentials: •Start your back to school shopping by creating a list. Jot down everything you need and…
EDITORIAL: A lesson in safe back to school shopping | Opinion | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
We still have a little bit of July left but if you’ve been somewhere like Target or Walmart in the past week or so it’s pretty clear that the start of a new school year is right around the corner. Stocking up on all those school supplies — don’t forget…
EDITORIAL: Be careful when back to school shopping | Editorials | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
The Better Business Bureau regularly cautions consumers about scams as they prepare for the beginning of the school year. The BBB offers advice when shopping for books, clothes, school supplies, backpacks or other essentials: — Start your back to school shopping by creating a list. Jot down everything you need…
Online Money Scams: Being a Financial Influencer Is Fun Until You’re Fined! | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Idea Generation: Mike Amiri Mike Amiri was raised in Los Angeles’s most famous neighborhood, Hollywood, during the excess of the ’80s hair metal scene. The son of Iranian immigrants, he was transfixed by the music, culture and fashion coming out of clubs like the Roxy. So when he launched his…
Making Room: Responding to inquiries | News | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Before covering how best to vet prospects, a word about spam is in order. Within a few hours of running your ad, you are likely to get a flurry of brief texts such as: “Room still available? See it today?” or “Sounds Perfect!!!” These abbreviated prompts are usually scams. Delete…
MEIER: Crooks send fake checks paying for online auction | Local News | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Scammers posing as prospective buyers of a 5-year-old big-screen television came very close to cheating a Clinton man out of thousands of dollars. Greg Rayburn brought his story to me, and offered his experience as a warning to any of us who use online platforms to buy and sell. Twenty…
Business in Brief: 11/23/2022 | Business | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
‘Tow to Go’ program DEARBORN — The AAA Auto Club Group offers the “Tow to Go” program from 6 p.m. Nov. 23 through 6 a.m. Nov. 28. The program provides free transportation for impaired drivers and their vehicles, both AAA members and others. Michigan residents can call 855-286-9246 to get…
How dating apps are navigating potential swindlers, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity | #lovescams | #datingapps
Representative image In February, Netflix released a show that made it to its top 10 list in 92 countries. The Tinder Swindler, a true-crime documentary, relived the story of Israeli conman Simon Leviev — real name Shimon Hayut — who allegedly scammed women out of millions of dollars. Leviev, 31,…