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Consumer Alert

Give yourself some credit (reports)

Seena Gressin

During Financial Literacy Month, we’ve focused on steps to protect your money by spotting and avoiding scams.

Consumer Alert

Warning: Callers are impersonating FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips

Jennifer Leach
You’re minding your business and the phone rings. If you don’t screen and ignore it, you answer — and the caller says he’s Commissioner Noah Phillips from the FTC. (He’s not.) He gives you a badge number (it’s fake), says there’s a warrant for your arrest (there’s not), and demands that you pay up (nope).