As a new school year begins, Better Business Bureau (BBB) reminds consumers to do their research when looking to watch a high school sporting event online.  Each week, WZQZ streams both the Trion High School and Chattooga High School football games, and thanks to our community sponsors, you can watch them for free on our WZQZ Facebook page.   But the BBB says scammers are constantly trying to trick people into paying for fake sports streams online.

These scammers infiltrate social media with links to fake streams. The posts often will tag the schools involved to make the post appear legitimate. The scammers hope the would-be viewer inputs their information and pays to watch the event. The consumer doesn’t get to watch the game because the scammer has not set up a stream. Instead, whatever data they entered may be compromised.

On social media especially, take notice of account names and photos, which often seem random, and look at their follower and following numbers. Low follower counts indicate the account likely was just started. Look at the content of their posts as most are nothing but tweets to stream games.

Again, you don’t have to pay anything to watch Trion or Chattooga Football – just tune in to WZQZ  or check out our Facebook page each week.