I received a phone call from (801) 965-1141 (UT, USA) at about 9:30am. A clear female voice in English, stumbling over her words occasionally, says she is calling from the Better Business Bureau wanting to speak with the owner of the company. I ask which company, and she gives me the name of my company (I have a local, very small less-than-20-client Sole Proprietorship private practice). I say Yes This is (my name). She says that the BBB is an organization that consumers contact to reference businesses when they want to see if they're reliable or not, and due to the good record I have on my business she is calling to offer accreditation, since accreditation is by invitation only. She asks how long I have been in business, and I say about a year; she asks when exactly, and I tell her I would have to check but I believe it will be exactly a year in a couple weeks' time. She says she'll make a note of that and contact me again later because they require companies to have been in business for 12 full months. I ask if she can give me more information before she hangs up, and she hesitantly says yes. I ask what more I can expect to have required, and she says there will be accreditation fees, as well as more review of my business and they'll check if I own other businesses how they are run as well. I ask if I have positive reviews through BBB, and she repeats her introductory speech about how she's contacting me due to my acceptable record for business practices. I say Alright, thank you, and we hang up. I google-search the number and all I see are 'Identify this number' websites, no BBB website link. I call the number back, and the vm recording says Lorena Foster at the Better Business Bureau. I have reported it to the BBB.
I also got a call from 801-965-1141 from someone who said that she was Lorina Foster from the Better Business Bureau. She said she was calling for the owner of a company and to return her call. She said she would be there until around 4PM. Definately suspicious. I would advise people to give this person no information whatsoever and not to call the number back and to report it to the FTC or BBB if they are called.
I received a call from (801) 965-1141
Midvale, UT. A woman calling herself Lorena foster claiming she is with the better business bureau and asking to speak with the owner of the business. Called back and got a message machine. Obvious scam. These people should be put in jail.
I called the Utah BBB, and was able to confirm that she does work for the BBB. I was told that she works in the Business Relations department, which looks to have companies become a Certified BBB company. I am assuming that they must be selling this. But even so, I was able to confirm that she does work for the Utah BBB.
Below is the information I pulled up in Google, which I used to verify her status with the BBB.
Address: 3703 6200 S, West Jordan, UT 84129
Phone:(801) 892-6009
Hours: Open today · 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM