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Consumer Alerts
- Mar 09, 2022 New Consumer Action video offers tips for avoiding fraud during National Consumer Protection Week and year-round
Do you think consumers who lose money to a scammer can never get it back? Have you ever wondered why
- Nov 30, 2021 Lo que debe saber acerca de la nueva regla del CFPB sobre el cobro de deudas
Los cobradores de deuda ahora pueden comunicarse con usted por texto y redes sociales.
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- Nov 18, 2021 Here's what you should know about the CFPB's new debt collection rule
Debt collectors can soon contact you by text and through social media.
Leer en español | Read in Spanish
- Sep 23, 2021 The FCC must protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing and debt collection voicemails
Americans are fed up with robocalls and telemarketing messages. In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission received 2.8 million complaints about robocalls. Voicemail
- Aug 25, 2021 Using QR codes could put your data and your privacy at risk
Since the pandemic, many restaurants and large retailers are using QR codes (mobile links) to connect customers to &ldquo
- Jan 14, 2021 Flo fertility tracker app settles FTC data-abuse allegations
The developer of the Flo period and fertility-tracking app used by more than 100 million women has settled Federal Trade Commission
- Sep 09, 2020 COVID-19 新冠肺炎疫情期間，消費者援助資源指南
English version here
Versión en español aquí
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在近期新冠病毒疫情爆發後，各類公私援助信息及資源不斷湧現出來，以協助人們在失去收入後、在患病期間或在學校停課時獲得一些幫助與支持。
我們將會不斷了解新信息，不斷更新以下內容。
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- Aug 28, 2019 Copy and use our free sample complaint letter and email
Sometimes the difference between resolving a consumer complaint and not rests heavily on how you complain.
Consumer Action offers a
- Jul 26, 2019 How to claim your portion of the $700M Equifax settlement
In September 2017, Equifax, one of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies, announced that a major data breach had
- Jul 01, 2019 Stop debt collectors from harassing consumers! Act now!
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a new rule governing debt collectors.
The proposed rule does more to
- Jun 20, 2019 Suffered a data breach? Tools to fight identity fraud
Recent reports of a data breach exposing the patient records of 12 million Quest Diagnostics customers reminds us that our personal
- Jun 11, 2019 Credit cardholders should opt out of Chase’s return to forced arbitration
Chase recently notified 47 million accountholders that the bank is reinstating a forced arbitration clause in its cardholder agreements. Forced arbitration
- May 01, 2019 Be secure in your response to widespread Social Security scam
Consumer Action is warning consumers about a new twist on the government imposter scam: the Social Security Administration (SSA) scam.
- Apr 04, 2019 Industry takes on robocallers with apps and call traps
What’s more annoying than spammers and telemarketers that ring our landlines and cell phones night and day with
- Oct 22, 2018 New report: Hardest hit consumers are underreporting fraud problems
The Federal Trade Commission receives fraud and identity theft complaints from millions of consumers each year, yet African American and
