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Learn how to protect your privacy online and what to do if you or someone you know is dealing with online abuse or harassment. On This Page Protect Your Privacy Health Privacy Internet-Connected...
Welcome to Identity Theft Awareness Week 2022. During the week, the FTC and its partners will host free webinars, podcasts, and other events focused on trending issues in identity theft. We’ll talk...
Ads for miraculous weight loss products are everywhere. Will these products really work? Probably not. Read The Truth Behind Weight Loss Ads and watch this video: This is an actual ad for a weight...
You probably serve many different communities and field questions on consumer issues, like managing money and credit, dealing with debt, or avoiding scams and identity theft. Scammers target people...
When you decide to support a cause you care about, you want your donation to count. Doing some research and planning your giving can help ensure your donations get where they’ll do good. Here are tips...
What’s the best way to protect your kids online? Talk to them. While kids value the opinions of their peers, most tend to rely on their parents for help on the issues that matter most. See below for...
Report Unwanted Calls Why are you getting so many calls? Often, it’s scammers calling. Here’s what you need to know about unwanted calls and how to stop them. Share these articles, infographics, and...
March 6 - March 12, 2022 National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is a time to help people understand their consumer rights and avoid frauds and scams. Please join our public NCPW events — and share...
If you’re buying a used car, the FTC recommends getting a vehicle history report before you buy. Vehicle history reports can tell you a lot about a used car. A report might include ownership history...
Imposter scams come in many varieties, but work the same way: a scammer pretends to be someone you trust to convince you to send them money. Learn how to spot an imposter scam.
Scammers target people from different communities in unique ways. The free resources on this page will help you protect every community from fraud, no matter what community you’re in or work with.
The Net Cetera online toolkit offers free resources to help you teach people in your community about kids’ online safety. Regardless of your experience as a speaker — or your expertise in online...
Have you recently arrived in United States? Whether you’re looking for a job, going through the immigration process, or just figuring out how things work, it’s important to be able to spot scams. Use...
As part of our ongoing effort to raise awareness about scams targeting the Latino community, we have developed a series of “fotonovelas” in Spanish. The stories are based on complaints to the FTC from...
Share What You Know. Stop Scams. Chances are good that someone you know has been scammed. They may not talk about it, but the statistics do. The truth is that sharing what you know can help protect...
This website has tools and information to help parents and others reduce teen drinking and related harm. Teens who drink usually get alcohol from “social sources” — at parties, from older friends and...
It’s one thing to prepare your family, pets, and property for extreme weather situations. It’s another to protect your personal information and finances from scammers who use weather emergencies to...
Money Matters! Do you teach people about everyday financial issues? Consumer information from the FTC is free and in the public domain. That means you can print it, copy it, post it, or link to it...