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Scams target you: protect yourself.(CHOICE cuts)(Brief article)
Our email inboxes, mobile phones and mailboxes overflow with fabulous-sounding offers to earn money from home, prize giveaways and cheap deals on goods and services--but how do you tell if they're genuine? Frauds and scams aimed at stealing your money and personal information have become increasingly sophisticated, while technological advances have spawned countless ways to target the unsuspecting.
March is Global Consumer Fraud Protection month. The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce maintains a website (scamwatch.gov.au) to provide practical strategies on how to protect yourself from being a victim of a scam.
Each week of the month will focus on a different theme, offering consumers practical steps to protect their money, phone, computer and identity.
Protect your money
* Never respond to an email asking for your PIN or passwords.
* Never send money to someone you don't know or trust.
* Only invest with licensed firms and advisors.
- DTS Implements U.S. Customs Program to Protect Against Trademark Infringement;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 6, 2004 700+ words
...Protections efforts to prevent unlicensed manufacturers' fraudulent product importation into the U.S. In order to better protect American consumers from purchasing counterfeit consumer electronics products, DTS has recorded several of its trademarks with...
- Contractors fall subject to Consumer Fraud Act.(INSIDE CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN)
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly Holzapfel, Michael April 30, 2008 700+ words
...among other things, consumer fraud. At the trial, Czar...agreed and dismissed the consumer fraud claim, noting that...HIPR are designed to protect homeowners who deal...counterclaimed for consumer fraud, citing the HIPR...
- Consumer fraud claim vs. car dealer dismissed.
- Magazine article from: Minnesota Lawyer November 3, 2003 700+ words
...for a claim under the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), the Court...businesses couldn't protect themselves from these...reliance under the Consumer Fraud Act eviscerates the...to actions under the Consumer Fraud Act." <P...
- Western Union and State Attorneys General Announce Joint Program to Combat...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 14, 2005 700+ words
...Attorneys General to combat consumer fraud. The collaborative program...Agent education regarding consumer fraud. --Increased notification...help solve a significant consumer fraud problem," said Colorado...information they need to protect themselves from fraud. FDC...
- Only Cambodia beats HK for consumer fraud.
- Newspaper article from: South China Morning Post October 7, 2006 700+ words
...Consumer Council to better protect shoppers after a UN crime...second only to Cambodia for consumer fraud. While the latest UN International...Hongkongers' complaints of consumer fraud related to shopping and nearly...Technology, said the level of consumer fraud was a ...
- Consumer-Fraud Trial against Illinois Auto Mechanic Ends.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Vega, Elizabeth October 28, 1999 700+ words
...Business News Oct. 28 -- The consumer fraud trial against a mechanic...under prosecution of the consumer fraud act. "This act was written to protect customers against unfair...because it was designed to protect customers who were taken...
- Colorado Consumer-Fraud Hotline Is in the Works.
- News wire article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO) December 13, 2000 700+ words
...toll-free hotline in January to field consumer fraud complaints. Salazar was joined in announcing...office is contributing $40,000 from consumer fraud recoveries, such as fines and court...quest to weed out frauds in order to protect the reputations of legitimate businesses...
- Colorado Consumer-Fraud Hotline Is in the Works.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News McAvoy, Tom December 14, 2000 700+ words
...toll-free hotline in January to field consumer fraud complaints. Salazar was joined in announcing...office is contributing $40,000 from consumer fraud recoveries, such as fines and court...quest to weed out frauds in order to protect the reputations of legitimate businesses...
- Identity theft still No. 1 consumer fraud complaint of Californians.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kleffman, Sandy November 21, 2002 700+ words
...Calif. _ Identity theft remains the top consumer fraud complaint of Californians, followed...to prevent people from being duped. Consumer fraud costs Americans an estimated $100 billion...provide that information," he said. To protect against such fraud, consumers should...
- IAQ council looking to stop consumer fraud.(Industry news)
- Magazine article from: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News Skaer, Mark May 26, 2008 700+ words
...has launched a campaign against consumer fraud in the environmental consulting...anonymously report suspected cases of consumer fraud by making use of its online database...owe it to our certificants to protect the integrity and credibility...
