Small businesses are said to be a favorite target of con artists using schemes such as toner fraud, fax surveys that forward to expensive 900 numbers, sham invoices, phony advertising, charitable-donation cons, etc. . .

A recent BusinessWeek article discusses how you can protect yourself and your business from these criminals with constant vigilance and good training for your employees.

The article can be found at this link.

If you are aware of any cons targeting local businesses, please let me know. Any warnings we receive will be forwarded to others on the LegalBriefs list.