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Spanish:
Antes de incluir a otra persona en su título de propiedad
Hoja informativa que describe varios puntos que se deben considerar antes de incluir a otra persona en el título de propiedad de su vivienda, como el hecho de que se está otorgando derechos de propiedad… -
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Don’t Be Fooled by Misleading ‘Credit Repair’ Claims!
An illustrated fact sheet that describes what a credit report is and how to find out what is in your credit report. Explains how to correct inaccurate information in your report and advises caution with… -
English:
Credit Repair Scams
An illustrated fact sheet that describes what a credit report is and how to find out what is in your credit report. Explains how to correct inaccurate information in your report and advises caution with… -
News:
2001 Special Fraud Issue
Table of Contents Con artists are ever ready to spring on the unaware -
English:
Don’t get ripped off by a bad private vocational school
An easy-to-read brochure about private trade schools, federal school loans and what to do if your school closes. This publication includes phone numbers for all state licensing agencies for private vocational schools, as well as… -
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Protéjase del robo de identidad
Un folleto que explica qué es el robo de identidad, cómo evitarlo, y qué puede hacer si usted ha sido víctima del robo de identidad. -
Chinese:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Chinese)
電話推銷詐騙 ﹣利用電話行騙 ﹣美國消費者一年被詐騙的金額高達四百億。 大家萬勿陷入此纇電話騙局，本手冊長達八頁，針對一般利用電話行騙的手法或電話詐騙慈善捐款、如何接聽推銷電話、騙局預警、個人如何防範電話推銷、個人法律保障以及電話推銷員觸犯個人“謝絕來電“權益等提供深入的指引。手冊內容並包括投訴機構及相關協助資源。 -
Vietnamese:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Vietnamese)
Gian lận bán hàng qua điện thoại - sử dụng điện thoại để lừa đảo và gạt gẫm - cướp người tiêu thụ tại Hoa Kỳ khoảng 40 tỷ hàng năm. Đừng Dễ Bị Gạt… -
Korean:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Korean)
전화를 이용한 텔레마케팅 사기로 미국 소비자가 입는 피해는 한해 무려 4백억불이나 됩니다. 이 소책자는 전화 판매를 이용한 사기와 기부를 가장한 사기 유형, 상품 판매 전화에 대처하는 요령, 사기 상품 판매 전화의 식별 요령, 원하지 않는… -
English:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call
Telemarketing fraud — using the phone to swindle and cheat — robs U.S. consumers of about $40 billion a year. Don't fall for the wrong call, an 8-page, in-depth guide provides information on common tricks… -
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Fraud Bingo Game
Consumer Action's Fraud Bingo is a fun activity you can use in your trainings. -
Books:
Scam-Proof Your Life
Get inside information on how to protect your money, your rights and your health with this complete and practical collection of consumer tips by Sid Kirchheimer, AARP scam specialist. More than 100 experts reveal specific… -
News:
2006 Privacy Issue
Table of Contents Privacy: What's it to me? Electronic records may pose threat to medical privacy -
Press:
Expensive “free trial” targets victims’ bank accounts
Watch out for “Whiteovernight,” a company that sells teeth whitening products. Consumer Action has received many complaints about the Ontario, CA business. According to victims who have contacted Consumer Action, this outfit, also known as… -
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Before You Add Someone To Your Title (2006)
There are just a few valid reasons to amend your homeownership by adding another person’s name to the title to your home. This is also called transferring title. If you transfer all or part of… -
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ID Theft Quiz
The ID Theft Quiz Game is a fun way to teach important concepts about this prevalent form of fraud. -
English:
Protect Your Phone Records - Powerpoint Slides
The Protect Your Phone Records PowerPoint slides explain who would want to access your phone records, why they might want to do it, how these people try to access your… -
English:
Protect Your Phone Records - Lesson Plan
This lesson plan, which explains why phone records contain private information that someone might try to access without consent for illegal or harmful purposes, is designed to help you lead trainings and seminars. The 13-page… -
English:
Protect Your Phone Records - Leader’s Guide
Pretexting is a method of obtaining someone else’s personal information, including phone records, under false pretenses. This Leader’s Guide, written in question-and-answer format, will help give trainers background on the techniques pretexters use, the damage… -
Outreach:
Fraud Bingo Game
Consumer Action's Fraud Bingo is a fun activity you can use in your trainings. -
Books:
Greetings in Jesus Name
Watch out, spammers! Michael Berry’s revenges against the purveyors of e-mail pollution are funny, savage and inventive. “With warm hearts I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in… -
Press:
Mortgage brokers’ sleight of hand
*The following op-ed, Mortgage brokers’ sleight of hand, written by Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren, was published in the Boston Globe on October 2, 2007. In the past five years, if you called a… -
Books:
The Truth About Avoiding Scams
Scams have always been with us, and they always will be - except now, technology makes scammers’ jobs even easier, enabling them to reach out from anywhere around the world, and take advantage of more… -
Outreach:
Credit Card Fraud training a hit
Consumer Action’s training and outreach team conducts a Credit Card Fraud workshop for community-based organizations and Washington Mutual staff in Milpitas, CA, in late March. -
Outreach:
Atlanta CBOs join fight against fraud
Consumer Action's trainers went to Atlanta, GA to hold a training on credit card fraud and other scams.
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