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Consumer Alert

Join us for these NCPW events next week

Ari Lazarus

National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) 2021 is coming up next week, and we’d love for you to join us for some virtual events.

Consumer Alert

Free winter weather emergency tips from the FTC

Colleen Tressler

Winter this year is turning out to have its own set of weather-related emergencies — and right now, all in the midst of a pandemic. Lots of us are really ready for the winter of 2021 to be over.

Consumer Alert

Utility scams are snow joke

Emily Wu

Winter often brings the blues, but when it brings Arctic blasts, burst pipes, power outages, and even icicles indoors, scammers aren’t far behind with weather-related scams.

Consumer Alert

They give love a bad name

Jim Kreidler

Leaving broken hearts and empty bank accounts, romance scammers give love a bad name.

Consumer Alert

Not love, actually

Jim Kreidler

Valentine’s Day is this weekend, so over the next three days, we’re talking about romance scams.

Consumer Alert

No new immigration relief yet

Emily Wu

You might have seen that the President recently sent a new immigration bill to Congress. What does that mean for you if you’re a non-citizen in the United States?

Consumer Alert

Scammers are scheming as HealthCare.gov reopens

Colleen Tressler

The Coronavirus pandemic has not only had a dramatic health impact, but also an economic blow as many Americans are now unemployed — and uninsured. As a result, the U.S.

Consumer Alert

The top frauds of 2020

Monica Vaca

2020 was a tough year. Between the pandemic and the economic crisis, we all had our hands full. And scammers didn’t take any time off either — 2020 was a busy year for fraud.