The number and frequency of scams continue to increase from cryptocurrency to toll roads to fake apartment and house rental scams.
To assist consumers who have found themselves unknowingly involved in a scam the Better Business Bureau has created a survival tool kit.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
In 2022, reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion — a 30 percent increase from 2021, according to the most recent data from the Federal Trade Commission. Trying to figure out what to do in the aftermath of being caught up in a scam can be confusing, perhaps leaving you with more questions.
To bring a higher awareness of ongoing scams and how to react to them the Better Business Bureau created a Survival Tool Kit. Regional Director of the Better Business Bureau in Springfield, Missouri Pamela Hernandez says the tool kit was designed to help give consumers peace of mind.
“It’s about giving people hope. It’s about helping people work through not just the financial impacts, but the emotional impact and giving them a personalized plan to help them move forward and recover if they have found themselves involved in a scam.”
If you are scammed, first secure your finances, protect your credit, change your passwords, look out for recovery scams, inform others about it, and report it to the BBB’s Scam Tracker.
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