Census taker or faker? BBB issues warning on Census scams

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers not to be a victim of identity theft and other scams while the federal government conducts the U.S. Census, the once-a-decade counting of every man, woman and child in the country. The Census Bureau has mailed census forms to more than 130 million addresses nationwide, but households that do not return the form in the mail may receive a personal visit from a census worker at their front door.

“No matter what they ask, you really only need to tell them how many people live at your address and you don’t have to ans...