Last year New Yorkers were ripped off by more than $1.5 billion through a variety of scams. CBS 2 HD has the top ways that thieves are getting your money -- and how to protect yourself from being taken. From foreclosure fraud to work at home schemes that fleece bank accounts to Internet scams that steal your credit card numbers, thieves are getting ever more creative in how they rip off New ... more >>
In wake of rising foreclosure rates, scam artists hoping to take advantage of foreclosure victims topped Michigan’s consumer complaints list for 2009. more >>
Continuing the message of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory warning Floridians about scams related to credit and debt issues. more >>
Secretary of State Ross Miller, Chair of the Statewide Complete Count Committee, and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto have issued a consumer advisory alert concerning various 2010 Census scams occurring throughout the country. more >>
Division of Consumer Protection and U.S. Postal Service will focus on scams, scoundrels and schemes during the 12th annual National Consumer Protection Week more >>
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – An alert for citizens from the Attorney General, beware of new scams from fake IRS emails to credit union phishing. They all want your personal information. more >>
By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Consumer scams are on the rise, so much so that Ohioans need to be more vigilant than ever, state Attorney General Richard Cordray said Monday in Toledo. “Simply put, there are bad actors in the system who are using shady practices to enrich themselves,” Mr. Cordray said at the main Toledo-Lucas County Public Library downtown. The Ohio attorney general was ... more >>
Anyone can be scammed at any age. That's the message of this year's National Consumer Week, led by the U.S. Postal Service. Area post offices will be hosting events to teach about protecting privacy, managing money and debt, avoiding identity theft, understanding credit and mortgages and how to steer clear of fraud and scams. Participants will be able to ask consumer experts questions. more >>
Consumer complaints to the Oregon attorney general's office jumped 13 percent last year, with phone companies leading the list for the fourth straight year, Attorney General John Kroger said Tuesday. more >>
