Coffee Connect (Hybrid) - #GetScamSmart: Recognizing & Avoiding Common Scams
Date and Time:
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
October 18, 2022
8:30am-9:30am
Location:
Collaborate Connections Conference Room at Ozaukee Nonprofit Center, 2360 Dakota Drive, Grafton WI 53024
Fees/Admission:
Free
Website:
Description
Join us on October 18th, 2022 at 8:30am to 9:30am for our Coffee Connect (Hybrid) – #GetScamSmart: Recognizing & Avoiding Common Scams.
Lisa Schiller, Director of Investigations and Media Relations for the Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin, will be speaking to our group about common scams, how to report them, and what you can do to protect yourself. Learn more about common scams including imposter scams, the Grandparent Scam (also known as emergency scams), sweepstakes and lottery scams, online purchasing scams, computer tech scams, fake check scams, home improvement, romance and charity scams
The Better Business Bureau is a non-profit organization that works to advance marketplace trust between buyers and sellers and promotes informed buying decisions. BBB is able to do this through the many free services we offer, such as complaint assistance and mediation, press releases announcing scams and timely tips, a vetted and verified customer review service, speaking to groups, working regularly with the media and providing more than 5.3 million free reports on businesses and charities throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Location:
Collaborate Connections Conference Room at Ozaukee Nonprofit Center, 2360 Dakota Drive, Grafton WI 53024
OR
Virtually – A zoom link will be provided after registration.
Speaker Bio: Lisa Schiller holds a B.A. in Communications and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has spent her career in the field of consumer issues, white collar crime matters and investigating. At the BBB, she’s working to advance marketplace trust between buyers and sellers and promoting informed buying decisions. Lisa won Honorable Mention for an investigation by the Council of BBB in 2012 and first place for a single case investigation by the Council of BBB in 2013. She is a member of the Wisconsin Fraud Investigators Association (WAFI), the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) the North American Consumer Protection Investigators (NACPI), the Franklin Police Citizens Academy Alumni, and the F.B.I. Citizens Academy Alumni. Lisa, her husband and daughter live in Franklin.
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