Fraud Tip of the Day February Tips February 4 - National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW)
Fraud Tip of the Day - February 4
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) - February 4-10
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts around the country.
NCPW 2007 - Read Up and Reach Out: Be an Informed Consumer - encourages people across the nation to take advantage of the wealth of information that can enhance confidence in the marketplace. Consumer information can help people recognize a rip-off, smell a scam, or find a fraud.
Fraudulent promotions seek to exploit people's financial fantasies, needs, and general optimism. But informed consumers are better able to see through frauds and deceptions, whether they take the form of questionable claims in an ad, 'breathless' offers that come in the mail or email, or schemes that sound like sure-fire successes.
That's why National Consumer Protection Week is focusing on informing the consumer, so people can learn to spot fraud before they become victims. Perhaps more important, informed consumers know where to go for information about their rights, and how and where to complain.
Consumers can find practical - and tactical - tips from NCPW partner organizations about how to make well-informed purchase decisions, avoid scams, protect their personal information, and file a complaint at www.consumer.gov.
This site has information from federal, state, and local government agencies, and national consumer advocacy organizations. Use it to promote NCPW in your community, or at your school, job, or club. The Outreach Toolkit has promotional materials you can download and use.
Previous NCPW topics:
2007: Read Up and Reach Out: Be an Informed Consumer2006: Consumer Protection? It's the name of the game
2005: Identity Theft: When Fact Becomes Fiction
2004: Financial Literacy: Earning a Lifetime of Dividends
2003: Information Security: Putting the Pieces Together
2002: Consumer Confidential: The Privacy Story
2001: $eeing Red? High-Cost Loans Are Danger Zones
2000: Armchair Armor: Shopping Safely From Home
1999: Credit Fraud: Know the Rules, Use the Tools.
Use our consumer fraud information to steer clear of consumer-related scams and ripoffs.
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