Consumer Alert
New tools to fight gift card scams
This holiday season (and year-round), gift cards are on scammers’ wish lists.
Learn about the latest scams, and get advice to help you avoid, report, and recover from them.
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Fraud affects every community
Scams can target specific communities, but they affect people in every community.
Consumer Alert
COVID-19 vaccines are in the pipeline. Scammers won’t be far behind.
Reports about the release of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year are promising, but plans for distribution are still being worked out.
Consumer Alert
Fake calls from Apple and Amazon support: What you need to know
Scammers are calling people and using the names of two companies everyone knows, Apple and Amazon, to rip people off. Here’s what you need to know about these calls.
Consumer Alert
Veterans and imposter scams
During the past four years, the FTC logged more than 378,000 reports from veterans — and nearly 161,000 were fraud-related.
Consumer Alert
FTC warns companies to stop peddling fake COVID treatments and cures
Here at the FTC, we’ve seen people pitching COVID treatments like gemstone bead bracelets, water filtration systems, indoor tanning with red
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