Scam Alert: Email Related Scams on the Rise

One of the most common scams targeting businesses currently that BBB Serving Wisconsin has seen an increase of, is the business Email compromise (“BEC”). Also referred to as the payment redirection scam, these are financial scams using the guise of authority to steal money. Most recently scammers have been disgusting themselves as a utility company or a church. Jim Temmer CEO of the Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin calls these scams “horrific”, and said “What we’ve been seeing is that companies of all sizes are targets, along with increasingly more victims and very large money losses.” Be sure to check a company on bbb.org.  If you feel you have been scammed, file a complaint and report the scam to BBB’s Scam Tracker.