By Stella Marcantel Within the past few years, online ticket scammers have become an increasingly prevalent issue. Regarding inflated ticket prices, counterfeit tickets, and multiple copies of the same ticket being distributed, here are some ways to be an expert ticket buyer. Vermont’s event vendors have cautioned consumers about fake ticket sales by encouraging consumers… Continue reading Ticket Purchasing Guide
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Social Media Scams Hope to Elicit Funds from Grieving Families
Scammers are targeting grieving families, hosting fake funeral live stream Facebook posts and asking for payment to access the service. Scammers may further make fake social media pages of loved ones to post the funeral livestream.
The livestream option for funeral services is typically free to guests. If you are asked to provide payment, disengage and contact the organizer directly, such as the funeral home or the person who arranged the funeral services.
The array of scams that can occur on social media is virtually limitless.
Guides available to help consumers recognize greenwashing
Greenwashing is a marketing, public relations and sales strategy designed to make a company or product appear environmentally friendly, or “green” when the claims being made have little or no meaningful impact on reducing environmental harms. Greenwashing harms individual consumers as well as the broader marketplace. Consumer Impact As more consumers make purchases or seek… Continue reading Guides available to help consumers recognize greenwashing
Attorney General Clark Releases Top 10 Scams of 2023
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) totaled 3,212 in 2023. The “computer tech support” scam took the number one spot on the list, totaling almost 25 percent of the top scams reported. Phishing scams involving financial institutions, where a scammer tries to lure victims into clicking malicious links… Continue reading Attorney General Clark Releases Top 10 Scams of 2023
Vermont Flood Recovery: Beware of Scams and Price Gouging
nfortunately, scammers take advantage of people’s heightened emotional state following disasters, and the Vermont Consumer Assistance Program wants you to be aware of targeted disaster relief scams to avoid while our communities recover from the flooding.