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Scammers new twist: tell businesses they have won an award

The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has notified  all 362 of its members that a company called Hastings Business Recognition is running a scam, trying to get credit numbers and personal information. The alert cautioning them not to open an e-mail from that source is also good advice for all businesses.

 

The scammers send out announcements that the company has won an award. The Barry County chamber supposedly won the 2016 Best of Hastings Award for Best Chamber of Commerce.

 

That was a red flag for the chamber, since they are the only chamber in Barry County. Spectrum Health Pennock was also targeted, but they were named for being the 2016 Best of Hastings Award for Best Pharmacy instead of a hospital.

 

The e-mail directs targets to a web site for details and more information. They supply two addresses in case the first doesn’t work. If someone responds, the crooks will try to get business and personal information, including a credit card number, and also money to pay for shipping and handling of the award.

 

The e-mail letter looks legitimate, complete with “links” to click on to be removed from the website, report abuse or stop all future communication. The “links” don’t work and the address given to stop all ads will be returned with “no such address” stamped on it.

 

The website scamhaus.com has more details on the scam.

 

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