We’ve recently received reports that a company named Homebased Business Consulting Services or Business Recovery Services LLC located in Arizona and operated by Brian Hessler has contacted customers of SMC EMC and other businesses offering to obtain refunds and provide counseling to obtain a refund charging some $700. We know of no complainant who received preferential treatment or who received any incremental benefit by using that company’s services. The company's principal was previously involved in another similar business targeting victims who had been previously swindled by a vitamin company offering to provide assistance recovering funds for a fee. ~~If you've been a victim of a scam chances are pretty good you're on a "sucker list" and vulnerable to a new scheme called "reloading". Here's how it works. After you've been scammed someone – perhaps posing as a law enforcement officer – shows up at your door and offers to help recover lost money. You are embarrassed that you fell victim in the first place yet relieved that someone is finally offering to help. But there's a catch: You're asked to write a check for this so-called help. Officials warn that the fee should serve as a red flag. ~~According to the Federal Trade Commission ‘reloaders’ – scammers who use the reloading scheme – know that anyone who's been duped once is more likely to fall for a scheme a second time. As a result crooks create sucker lists that include names addresses phone numbers and other personal information of consumers who have already fallen prey to the scams. You can fall victim to a scam whether you've been tricked before or not. But if you are a victim watch for signs of a reloading scams. ~~