Awareness Campaigns & Downloadables

Impersonation Scams

Better Business Bureau and Amazon, a BBB Accredited Business, partnered in 2022 on a consumer education campaign to help people avoid impersonation scams. View helpful videos, learn how these scams work, and find out how to protect yourself.

Online Scams

The 2022 Online Scams Report: Start with Trust Online contains insights and information about online fraud that can help you recognize and avoid online scams.

BBB Scam Tracker℠ Risk Report Highlights

Learn about the riskiest scams from the past year in the 2023 BBB Scam Tracker℠ Risk Report. The report uses data submitted by consumers to BBB Scam Tracker℠ to shed light on how scams are being perpetrated, who is being targeted, which scams have the greatest impact and much more. The BBB Risk Index helps us better understand which scams pose the highest risk by looking at three factors: exposure, susceptibility, and monetary loss.

Red Flags

BBB Institute has partnered with Zelle® to launch a new consumer education campaign aimed at empowering people to spot and avoid scams. The campaign—Slow Down. Stay Aware. Watch Out for Red Flags.—highlights four red flags that can help people avoid losing money and personal information to scammers.

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