We all know about companies that do background checks on potential employees, or colleges that do background checks on students, etc. Did you ever think about doing a little checking on your own about a business, or so-called business you may have to deal with? I mean in a legal way, of course.
Con artists (persons, and businesses) tend to have a field day during bad times. People are desperate and will try anything …. especially if it promises a quick ad large return (see all of the articles all over the internet about CEO’s dropping like flies because they scammed enough people). There are enough legal resources now that you can pretty much “Google” a company name and find a slew of information on it.
Here are some quick links to help you out:
The Better Business Bureau in the US
The FBI’s Common Fraud Schemes page
Click here for a good reference article from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on con artists taking advantage of you in the bad economy.
- Lawrence C
- IT Tech (ciilink.com)
