Scams & Digital Safety
Fake-check and overpayment scams, business email compromise, review extortion, spam-text rules and protecting your data.
4 guides in this section
Guides in this section
Can I offer a discount for a review, or ask only my happy customers?
You can offer a small reward for a review, but only if it is for any honest review regardless of the rating, and you disclose it. You cannot pay for a...
Do privacy laws apply to my customer list, and what if I get hacked?
For the big state privacy laws, almost certainly not: they carry size thresholds, like handling the data of a hundred thousand-plus residents or a large...
Scams that target contractors (and how not to get caught)
The scams aimed at tradespeople almost all work the same way: they create urgency, they push you to move money fast, and they rely on you not stopping to...
Can I text and call my customers for marketing without getting sued?
Yes, but only with the right consent, and this law has real teeth. To text or call a customer's cell phone for marketing you generally need their prior...