Current Consumer Scam Alerts (from the FTC)
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RSS wants to make sure you can identify and prevent getting scammed. Below is information compiled by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Also included are several presentations our RSS tech specialist has done on scams.
Go to the FTC Pass It On Consumer page, which has several sections on categories of scams, including:
- Shopping & Donating
- Credit, Loans & Debt
- Jobs & Making Money
- Unwanted Calls, Emails & Texts
- Identity Theft & Online Security
REPORT FRAUD to the FTC!
You must inform the FTC about any scams that have happened to you (whether the scammer succeeds or not!).
Your report is shared with more than 2,800 law enforcers.
The FTC can't resolve your individual report, but they use reports to investigate and bring cases against fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
