March 2021

Lots of people are having difficulty paying their rent due to the pandemic.

While everything about the past year has felt strange and new — I just can’t say unprecedented another time — we could see one thing coming:

The FTC is sending a total of almost $

Scammers are using a new trick to steal your money and personal information: a bogus COVID vaccine survey.

Let’s say you get an email about a charge to your credit card for something you aren’t expecting or don’t want.

At a time when many people left jobless by the pandemic are struggling to get by, scammers reportedly are using websites that mimic government unemployment insurance (UI) benefits websites.

The pandemic is still taking a toll on every kind of well-being we have.

If someone you care about is in jail or prison, you might be thinking about getting them a magazine subscription.

The pandemic has caused financial distress because of lost jobs, income, and homes, and emotional distress because of social isolation.

Lots of people are having trouble sleeping, thanks to the pandemic and all the parts of our lives it’s affecting. And it doesn’t help when you get a call saying you owe the government money.

If you used MoneyGram to send money to a scammer between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2017, you may get a prefilled claim form in the mail soon.

It’s day four of National Consumer Protection Week and we’ve been discussing ways we can look out for each other during the pandemic.

When ReportFraud.ftc.gov launched in late 2020, it made telling the FTC about scams much easier.

We’re getting reports about scammers pretending to be Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.

Since the start of the pandemic, people are spending a lot more time alone at home.

This pandemic has brought lots of side effects. Lost jobs, lost income, and lost homes are themes we see around the country — and scammers know just how to take advantage of these worries.