Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:18pm tim
Vermont Business Magazine The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Vermont will join the Vermont Attorney General s Office and AARP Vermont for a virtual forum designed to inform and empower consumers on the latest scam tactics and how best to avoid them. This virtual event will be held on Wednesday, May 19, at 3 PM EST.
It is free and open to all. Register here. The team at the Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) wants consumers to know how to verify a suspicious phone call or email. Bad actors want us to act urgently to their requests and we want consumers to slow down and follow a plan. Call our office or a trusted person, don’t act urgently, take notes and disengage from the actors. said Lisa P. Jensen, Assistant Director, Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program.
Vermont attorney general launches push to disconnect robocall scammers Share Updated: 12:08 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 12:08 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript VERMONT S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS. LAST MONTH CONSUMERS RECEIVED.. ABOUT 5-MILLION áUNWANTED ROBOCALLS. MOSTLY SCAM ATTEMPTS. BUT NOW, THE A.G. IS POINTING TO A LANDMARK SETTLEMENT. WHICH HE SAYS COULD PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO FUTURE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE CRIMINAL CALLERS. JACK THURSTON HAS DETAILS. If you ve been worried lately about signs of divisiveness in our country- remember we are still truly united ((Nats phone ringing)) In our loathing for all those unwanted robocalls - many of them scams ((ROBOT VOICE: we will take enforcement action.)) that often impersonate real government agencies and make threats trying to get us to cough up cash. ((ROSS ELKORT / Hates Robocalls: 13:24: I do get a lot of calls, and sometimes it s like three or four a day from
New AGO Robocall Team Formed to Assist with Ongoing Efforts to Stop Scams
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan today announced a settlement with a small Florida-based company that routed thousands of foreign scam robocalls to Vermonters. The Attorney General investigated the company Strategic IT Partner after reports of scam robocalls to the Vermont Consumer Assistance Program (CAP). The settlement will prevent Strategic IT Partner from bringing any robocalls into the US from abroad unless the company first verifies they are wholly legitimate. The Attorney General also today announced the formation of a Robocall Team to assist in the office’s ongoing efforts to combat scam calls in Vermont.
Vermont Businesses Beware of Deceptive Business Filing Service einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 3:31pm tim
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan and Secretary of State Jim Condos are warning Vermont businesses that a Florida-based company, Centurion Filing Services, LLC, calling itself VT Certificate Service, is mailing businesses a request for payment for a “certificate of good standing.” The mailing which looks like a bill requesting a “fee” of $87.50 has the recipient’s information pre-printed on the form and creates a false sense of urgency by using the terms “Notice Date” and “Please Respond By.” It also deceptively suggests officiality by referring to the “State of Vermont” and the “Secretary of State” when it is not affiliated with any State agency.