9 & 10 News March 1, 2021 The report also looked at how much money people lost in some of these scams. Online purchasing scams topped the list this year. The BBB of Western Michigan says those scams rose to the top of the list with more people online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “You look at more people working from home, more people were online, not doing that face to face interaction as much which left a wide open door for scammers to come in and take advantage of that situation,” said Troy Baker BBB Educational Foundation Director. Employment scams and check scams were also identified as some of the riskiest scams of the last year.