BBB in the News -- It's dtv.gov, not .com

12/18/2008

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DTV converter couponJust one little difference in the address for a Web site can mean that you end up at a completely different site than the one you intended. Some consumers who are looking for the federal government's Web site about the conversion to digital TV, www.dtv.gov, are landing instead at the site for a business called Satellite TV for PC, at www.dtv.com. In this story on NBC5-TV, Ch. 5, David Beasley, Director of Ad Review for the BBB serving Dallas and Northeast Texas, explains how this sound-alike Web address could be misleading.

To see the story, click on the link below:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Questionable-Web-Site-Lures-Consumers-Seeking-DTV-Converter-Box-Coupons.html

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