NumberInvestigator.com Warns of Fraudulent Use of Better Business Bureau Organization’s Name

(PRWEB) June 15, 2011

NumberInvestigator.com warns consumers that criminals are deceptively masquerading as the BBB, telling victims they have won a lottery in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars from people who think that they have hit the jackpot. Up to $ 80,000 has been lost by individuals who have been contacted over the phone by people who pose as BBB employees. The “employee” then tells the victim that they have won a lottery and in order to receive the prize they must first wire money. Unfortunately for the victims, the money is directly wired to the scammers.

“Many people are struggling in the current economy and when someone tells you that you’ve won millions in a lottery, it can seem like an answer to prayer,” said Steve Cox, President and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. “Every year, tens of thousands of people contact BBB about a suspicious lottery and instead of cashing in, many lose thousands of dollars they don’t have.”

NumberInvestigator.com arms consumers with a variety of resources to help them avoid falling victim to scams such as these. The BBB reminds consumers that the organization does not run a lottery or award prizes. Consumers who receive a call from a person claiming to be an employee of the BBB should consider the following tips to avoid becoming a victim themselves.

●    Collect information from the caller. Ask for a full name, contact phone number, and address. Use NumberInvestigator.com to do a reverse-phone search for the 10-digit number that called.

●    Confirm facts with the organization itself, whether it is the Better Business Bureau or another organization. Use contact information found on the organization’s website.

●    Do not reply to phone numbers or Web links provided by the “employee”

●    Don’t fall for a check, they often times turn out to be fake. The scammers send the check with instructions to deposit the check and wire back a portion to cover fees or taxes. The check may initially clear, but most often turns out to be fake. The wired money is taken out of the victim’s account and is sent to the scammer.

●    Don’t pay money to get money. Scammers are successful at convincing victims to pay money up front. Do not comply.

About

Numberinvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers (where available), landline numbers and VoIP to accurately find the owner of that number.

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NumberInvestigator.com Warns of Fraudulent Use of Better Business Bureau Organization’s Name

(PRWEB) June 15, 2011

NumberInvestigator.com warns consumers that criminals are deceptively masquerading as the BBB, telling victims they have won a lottery in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars from people who think that they have hit the jackpot. Up to $ 80,000 has been lost by individuals who have been contacted over the phone by people who pose as BBB employees. The “employee” then tells the victim that they have won a lottery and in order to receive the prize they must first wire money. Unfortunately for the victims, the money is directly wired to the scammers.

“Many people are struggling in the current economy and when someone tells you that you’ve won millions in a lottery, it can seem like an answer to prayer,” said Steve Cox, President and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. “Every year, tens of thousands of people contact BBB about a suspicious lottery and instead of cashing in, many lose thousands of dollars they don’t have.”

NumberInvestigator.com arms consumers with a variety of resources to help them avoid falling victim to scams such as these. The BBB reminds consumers that the organization does not run a lottery or award prizes. Consumers who receive a call from a person claiming to be an employee of the BBB should consider the following tips to avoid becoming a victim themselves.

●    Collect information from the caller. Ask for a full name, contact phone number, and address. Use NumberInvestigator.com to do a reverse-phone search for the 10-digit number that called.

●    Confirm facts with the organization itself, whether it is the Better Business Bureau or another organization. Use contact information found on the organization’s website.

●    Do not reply to phone numbers or Web links provided by the “employee”

●    Don’t fall for a check, they often times turn out to be fake. The scammers send the check with instructions to deposit the check and wire back a portion to cover fees or taxes. The check may initially clear, but most often turns out to be fake. The wired money is taken out of the victim’s account and is sent to the scammer.

●    Don’t pay money to get money. Scammers are successful at convincing victims to pay money up front. Do not comply.

About

Numberinvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers (where available), landline numbers and VoIP to accurately find the owner of that number.

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NumberInvestigator.com Warns of Fraudulent Use of Better Business Bureau Organization’s Name

(PRWEB) June 15, 2011

NumberInvestigator.com warns consumers that criminals are deceptively masquerading as the BBB, telling victims they have won a lottery in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars from people who think that they have hit the jackpot. Up to $ 80,000 has been lost by individuals who have been contacted over the phone by people who pose as BBB employees. The “employee” then tells the victim that they have won a lottery and in order to receive the prize they must first wire money. Unfortunately for the victims, the money is directly wired to the scammers.

“Many people are struggling in the current economy and when someone tells you that you’ve won millions in a lottery, it can seem like an answer to prayer,” said Steve Cox, President and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. “Every year, tens of thousands of people contact BBB about a suspicious lottery and instead of cashing in, many lose thousands of dollars they don’t have.”

NumberInvestigator.com arms consumers with a variety of resources to help them avoid falling victim to scams such as these. The BBB reminds consumers that the organization does not run a lottery or award prizes. Consumers who receive a call from a person claiming to be an employee of the BBB should consider the following tips to avoid becoming a victim themselves.

●    Collect information from the caller. Ask for a full name, contact phone number, and address. Use NumberInvestigator.com to do a reverse-phone search for the 10-digit number that called.

●    Confirm facts with the organization itself, whether it is the Better Business Bureau or another organization. Use contact information found on the organization’s website.

●    Do not reply to phone numbers or Web links provided by the “employee”

●    Don’t fall for a check, they often times turn out to be fake. The scammers send the check with instructions to deposit the check and wire back a portion to cover fees or taxes. The check may initially clear, but most often turns out to be fake. The wired money is taken out of the victim’s account and is sent to the scammer.

●    Don’t pay money to get money. Scammers are successful at convincing victims to pay money up front. Do not comply.

About

Numberinvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers (where available), landline numbers and VoIP to accurately find the owner of that number.

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AreaG2 Launches No-frills Yellow Pages Website allowing Fast Lookups of Local Business Info

Anchorage, AK (PRWEB) May 12, 2008

AreaG2.com (http://www.areag2.com) today announced a fast Yellow Pages online service that lets people throughout the United States find business information — without waiting. Akin to how Google replaced cluttered web portals like Alta Vista with a minimalist, streamlined approach, AreaG2 does away with excess imagery and text when it comes to Internet Yellow Pages (IYP). Instead, AreaG2 emphasizes speed. Since many Web users do not spend hours online but instead want to get “on and off” the Internet as soon as possible, AreaG2 enables fast lookups of business phone numbers, street addresses, and websites.

“Simplicity was the goal with AreaG2,” says Zander Smith, founder of AreaG2. “We studied usage patterns of Web users, especially those who don’t spend significant time online but rather treat it as a utility. We found a fair number were more comfortable with a browsable directory rather than searching and refining results. It more closely parallels their experience with the actual phone pages they are accustomed to. So our goal is to provide the simplest and fastest possible interface to an online yellow pages.”

Customers can browse the directory by either business category (ie: restaurant) or location (ie: Charlotte), and drill down to a “short list” of local service providers that meet their needs. The AreaG2 directory contains over 15 million business listings in all.

AreaG2 provides a comprehensive local directory, reaching almost every city and town in the United States, so whether a soccer mom in Trenton, NJ is trying to find a plumber, or a young single adult in New York is trying to find a phone number for a trendy restaurant he’s heard about, AreaG2 makes those possibilities a few clicks away.

About AreaG2.com

AreaG2.com (http://www.areaG2.com) is an online yellow pages website that provides fast, simple lookups of business information in your neighborhood. The company strives to provide a yellow pages interface that is most useful to the millions of Internet users who seek to use the Web as efficiently as possible.

Contacts

AreaG2.com

Founder, VP Marketing & Business Development

Zander Smith

areag2 @ gmail.com

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AreaG2 Launches No-frills Yellow Pages Website allowing Fast Lookups of Local Business Info

Anchorage, AK (PRWEB) May 12, 2008

AreaG2.com (http://www.areag2.com) today announced a fast Yellow Pages online service that lets people throughout the United States find business information — without waiting. Akin to how Google replaced cluttered web portals like Alta Vista with a minimalist, streamlined approach, AreaG2 does away with excess imagery and text when it comes to Internet Yellow Pages (IYP). Instead, AreaG2 emphasizes speed. Since many Web users do not spend hours online but instead want to get “on and off” the Internet as soon as possible, AreaG2 enables fast lookups of business phone numbers, street addresses, and websites.

“Simplicity was the goal with AreaG2,” says Zander Smith, founder of AreaG2. “We studied usage patterns of Web users, especially those who don’t spend significant time online but rather treat it as a utility. We found a fair number were more comfortable with a browsable directory rather than searching and refining results. It more closely parallels their experience with the actual phone pages they are accustomed to. So our goal is to provide the simplest and fastest possible interface to an online yellow pages.”

Customers can browse the directory by either business category (ie: restaurant) or location (ie: Charlotte), and drill down to a “short list” of local service providers that meet their needs. The AreaG2 directory contains over 15 million business listings in all.

AreaG2 provides a comprehensive local directory, reaching almost every city and town in the United States, so whether a soccer mom in Trenton, NJ is trying to find a plumber, or a young single adult in New York is trying to find a phone number for a trendy restaurant he’s heard about, AreaG2 makes those possibilities a few clicks away.

About AreaG2.com

AreaG2.com (http://www.areaG2.com) is an online yellow pages website that provides fast, simple lookups of business information in your neighborhood. The company strives to provide a yellow pages interface that is most useful to the millions of Internet users who seek to use the Web as efficiently as possible.

Contacts

AreaG2.com

Founder, VP Marketing & Business Development

Zander Smith

areag2 @ gmail.com

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Instant People Finder Launches New Real Time People Search Tool for Instant Access to People and Business Contacts

Instant People Finder

Delaware City, DE (PRWEB) March 1, 2011

Instant People Finder today announced the launch of a free people lookup online tool available to everyone that searches for people and related information. In the past, it has often been necessary to go through various companies to be able to take advantage of a people finder facility, but with Instant People Finder, this is now a thing of the past. It aggregates data from various databases such as public records, phone directories, social sites in real time and presents it in structured manner, making the search experience more relevant and user friendly.

There are many reasons why an individual may feel the need to perform a background check on a person. These range from checking out people they may have lost touch with over time or even checking up on a potential date! A detailed background check is the perfect way to find out if the person is who they say they are and gives an insight into their personal degree of honesty.

Instant People Finder offers a simple people search which begins simply by typing in a person’s name. The site allows the option of people lookup in the whole of the country or can be narrowed down state by state. The more information available when using this free people lookup site, the better, but even if the only detail available is the person’s name, then Instant People Finder can still be a great tool for people search.

The internet provides a wealth of information which Instant People Finder puts to use in its people search. On entering the name of the person, the site immediately searches not only public and government records for matches, but also other internet resources such social networking sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Within seconds the site will have a match according to the information you have entered. It will then display detailed information such as images, age, contact details and even information about relatives. There is also the option of a complete, in-depth background report if so required.

In this day and age, we are all becoming far more aware of how necessary it is to be careful about those we associate with. This free people lookup service can be used for an added layer of security when meeting or engaging in new relationships.

For accuracy, speed and ease of use, Instant People Finder is probably one of the best people finder services available. For many years now, larger companies have understood the value and employed similar people finder searches, but at last this technology is now freely accessible to all. Read more at our blog.

Because Instant People Finder is specifically engineered for an Internet search, it can provide a far superior search than a traditional or white pages search. This new high performance search tool is one of the most user friendly and effective ways of locating specific people information and is designed to provide an easy and speedy user experience.

About Instant People Finder

Instant People Finder is a premier real-time online people lookup and people address finder tool. The powerful search engine uses names, background checks, yellow pages, public records and social networking to instantaneously provide relevant and most up-to-date information about anyone. Whether looking for a home or business address, phone number, or email this free people search tool provides comprehensive information, at the click of a mouse.

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The Top Free Reverse People Searches and Reverse Lookup Tips For Finding People and Business Information

Akron, OH (PRWEB) March 6, 2006

Knowing how and where to do a reverse phone number, reverse address or reverse email lookup is a great skill to have for journalists, investigators, attorneys, legal professionals, skip tracers, research professionals and the general public. Here are the top reverse lookup searches and tips to help find those missing pieces of information on a person or business.

Note: the reverse lookup search sites mentioned below can all be found online at http://www.skipease.com/reverse_lookup.html .

Most free online white pages and 411 directory assistance searches offer a free reverse phone number lookup and reverse address lookup. These searches are quick and easy to use, but will only return results for phone numbers and addresses that are listed with directory assistance. In addition, the information may be somewhat dated by several months or more, since most free directory assistance searches do not offer the same up-to-date listings that a 411 operator can provide.

DAPlus is a free online directory assistance site that pulls its people search records from consumer information data as well as public record data, in addition to directory assistance data. As a result, DAPlus contains millions of additional reverse lookup records not found on other free directory assistance sites. You can access the DAPlus reverse phone number and address lookup searches at the link mentioned at the top of this release.

Finding an area code from a city or a city from an area code is simply a matter of using a reverse area code search. You can also find a zip code from a city or a city from a zip code by using a reverse zip code search.

FinAid has a reverse address search that contains listings for more than 40,000 mailing, shipping, and packaging stores, US Post Offices and other mail drops. A search engine like Google or Yahoo is also good for this type of reverse address lookup to find out if the address and any identifying location information is listed on any web pages that have been indexed. This is also a great way to determine if an address is part of an apartment or office complex as well as the name and management contacts for the complex.

Fone Finder provides a nice reverse phone number lookup that accepts an area code and 3 digit phone number prefix to determine if a given phone number is a land line or cell phone / mobile / wireless number. The Payphone Project has a searchable database of over 500,000 payphone numbers. Again, it is also advisable to run a phone number through a search engine like Google or Yahoo to see if the number is listed on any web pages that have been indexed by the search engines.

Find out if a number is on the Us Government’s “Do Not Call” list by entering it into the publicly-available “Do Not Call” search. Results will be returned to users with a valid email address.

Roots Web provides a reverse county search that finds a county with a valid city & state.

As more and more information goes online a great way to try to reverse an unpublished phone number, physical address or email address is to run it through one of the major search engines like Google or Yahoo. In addition, you could always try running the number or address through one of the meta search engine sites that check all the major search engines at once. Some good meta search engines are Mamma.com or Dogpile.com.

Search engines are especially useful for looking up typically unpublished phone numbers, addresses, cell phone numbers and email addresses, provided the number or address has been published somewhere on the internet and indexed by the engine

Search the blogs. Try reversing an unpublished phone number, physical address or email address on the millions of blog sites by using one or more of the major blog searches like technorati.com, icerocket.com or blogsearch.google.com.

Search the news. Try reverse searching a phone number, physical address or email address using the major news sites online. It is always possible that the phone number or address appears in a current or past news item. Two good news sites to start with are Google News and Yahoo News.

Online classifieds, message boards and discussion groups are also good places to try reversing a phone number, physical address or email address, since posters will often include some type of personal contact information in their posts. Two popular examples are craigslist.com and groups.google.com. There are a number of sites online that will do a reverse lookup on a web site address or IP address to see who it belongs to. One of the most reliable reverse web address and reverse IP address searches is provided by Network Solutions at networksolutions.com/whois

Additional people search news and information can be found on the Skipease blog at http://www.skipease.com/blog

About Skipease:

The http://www.skipease.com and http://www.411×411.com search sites have been helping people find people since 1999.

Contact:

Rich Heinz, president

Skipease

330-388-1026

http://www.skipease.com


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VerifyPhone.com – Building Trust in your Local Business Community

VerifyPhone.com

Palm City, FL (PRWEB) March 4, 2011

There are two ways to do business: by respecting the customers and building a relationship of mutual trust or, unfortunately, by harassing them through unwanted phone calls. VerifyPhone.com today announced the launch of its new website that offers to local communities the possibility to draw a line between those businesses that treat them fairly and the ones that invade their privacy and waste their time.

VerifyPhone.com is building maps of the local business community from cities & towns all over the USA and encouraging mass collaboration, also known as crowd sourcing, by providing visitors the opportunity to share relevant information that will help other members in online communities. Now users can add reviews of different businesses, products and services on VerifyPhone.com, thus helping other people who are searching for reliable providers.

Everyone hates the telemarketers and scammers calling to offer products that no one needs, or even worse, trying to commit fraud. When people encounter a situation like that, they can simply report the number to VerifyPhone.com. By sharing small pieces of relevant information with others, each of us has the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a free public phone directory online.

VerifyPhone.com also offers it users whole range of phone number lookup services. Verifyphone.com’s phone reverse lookup can help users track down where a phone number is registered and also the owner’s name, address and more, with its White Pages Phone Number Lookup and Reverse Address lookup service. For example the phone lookup reverse for Santa Barbara is available at VerifyPhone.com – California. When it comes to cell phone lookup, VerifyPhone.com offers its users detailed data: carrier, line type, map, & more. Its cell phone tracker can be used to track the location of the cell phone number. VerifyPhone.com also allows access to complete cell phone and unlisted numbers searches to verify an owner’s name and address.

By performing a short, simple search, VerifyPhone.com customers have the opportunity to not only gather the information they are seeking but also discover other reports or reviews related to that phone number using VerifyPhone.com’s Phone Directory Online. Users can even start a conversation on phone numbers.

VerifyPhone.com is the partner every person and community can trust – all the information you need, in one place.

About :-

VerifyPhone.com is the perfect combination of an online public directory and a highly specialized service, offering its users access to all the information they need. From reviews of local businesses and reports of abusive callers to area code lookups & detailed lookups of landlines and cellphones, VerifyPhone.com provides the entire range of services. Our goal is to provide high quality services with new & significant content every day. Visit our company blog to know more.

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For further information, please contact pr at verifyphone.com.

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The Best eReaders from Amazon, Sony, and Kobo Named in the April Issue of Business Review Australia
The best eReaders for business executives are named, including models from Amazon, Sony, and Kobo. [PR.com]
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SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – April 12, 2011) – In the April issue of Business Review Australia , the best eReaders for business executives are named, including models from Amazon, Sony, and Kobo.
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Google boosts Android for work with Find My iPhone-like tool
Google late this week took a cue from Apple to bolster Android in the workplace. A combination of a new version of the Google Apps Device Policy app (Market) and a new My Devices page lets workers control a lost or stolen phone similar to Find My iPhone. They can track the device’s location, reset the PIN code, ring it to help others find it, or lock it entirely….
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