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Threatening phone scams are targeting parents and immigrants
Two disturbing phone scams have popped up on the FTC’s radar.
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Non-filers: Expect a letter about your stimulus check
If you don’t usually file a tax return, or didn’t file a return for 2018 or 2019, you might not know yo
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The FTC Chairman is not writing to you
If you saw an email from FTC Chairman Joseph Simons, it wasn’t. From him, that is. Scammers pretending to be him are emailing, though.
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Phone Scams
People lose a lot of money to phone scams — sometimes their life savings. Scammers have figured out countless ways to cheat you out of your money over the phone.
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Fake and Abusive Debt Collectors
Have you ever gotten a call about a debt you don’t recognize? Or had a collector harass, threaten, or lie to you?
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Empowering the Latino community to avoid and report scams
Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month gives us a chance to reflect on the great contributions Latinos have made to society.
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Tips to help you prepare for — and recover from — natural disasters
More than 85 large wildfires are ripping across the West Coast, from California to Oregon and Washington.
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Fake check scams and your small business
If someone you don’t know sends you a check and asks for money back, that’s a scam. But what if you’re a small business owner and someone “overpays” you and asks you to refund the balance?
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Scammers prey on your kindness during disasters
Wildfires raging out West. The hurricane season. Civil unrest.