Consumer Information

• 66 Ways to Save Money [TEXT]
  
  
• A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Aging Parents and Adult Children Together (A/PACT) [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• All That Glitters... How to Buy Jewelry [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Are You A Target of... Telephone Scams? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Auto Service Contracts [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Avoiding Credit and Charge Card Fraud [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Basik Lasik: Tips on Lasik Eye Surgery [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Buying a New Car [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Buying a Used Car [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Buying a Washing Machine? It's a Load-ed Question [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Can Anti-Snoring Claims Be Cause for Alarm? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Cancellation of Private Mortgage Insurance: Federal Law May Save You Hundreds of Dollars Each Year [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Car Ads: Reading Between the Lines [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Caring for Your Clothes [PDF]
  
  
• Catch the Bandit In Your Mailbox [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Charitable Donation$: Give or Take? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Cigars: No Such Thing As a Safe Smoke [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Clothing Care Symbol Guide [PDF]
  
  
• Cooling Off Rule [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Cosigning a Loan [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Costly Coupon Scams [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Cramming: Mystery Phone Charges [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Credit and Divorce [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Credit and Your Consumer Rights [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Credit Card Loss Protection Offers: They're the Real Steal [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Day Trading Ads: Cutting Through the "Bull" [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Ditch the Pitch : Hanging Up on Telephone Hucksters [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Don't Get Burned ... by a Pyramid Scheme Campaign [TEXT]
  
  
• Electronic Banking [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Energy Efficient Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Entertainment Ratings: Pocket Guide [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Equal Credit Opportunity [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Fair Debt Collection [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• "Free" and "Low-Cost" PC Offers. Go Figure. [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely To Arrive Via Bulk Email [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Funerals: A Consumer Guide [TEXT]
  
  
• "Gas-Saving" Products [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Generic Drugs: Saving Money at the Pharmacy [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Get-Rich-Quick and Self-Employment Schemes Campaign [TEXT]
  
  
• Getting Credit When You're Over 62 [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• The Gifting Club "Gotcha" [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Going Shopping? Go Global! A Guide for E-Consumers [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Guide to the Federal Trade Commission [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Heating & Cooling Your Home [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Helping Older Consumers Avoid Charity Fraud [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Hoax Targets Elderly African Americans [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Home Equity Credit Lines [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Home Equity Loans: The Three-Day Cancellation Rule [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Home Equity Loans: Borrowers Beware! [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Home Sweet Home Improvement [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• How to Be Web Ready [TEXT]
  
  
• How to Buy a Manufactured Home [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• How to Buy an Energy-Efficient Home Appliance [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• How to Protect Kids' Privacy Online [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• How to Right a Wrong [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• ID Theft: When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Identity Crisis... What to Do If Your Identity Is Stolen [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• International Lottery Scams [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Investment Risks [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Keys to Vehicle Leasing [TEXT]
  
  
• Lights! Camera! Rip-Off! How to Tell When a Scam is Born [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Living Trust Offers: How to Make Sure They're Trust-worthy [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Long Distance Deals [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Lotions and Potions: The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• The Low-Down on High Octane Gasoline [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• The Lowdown on Chain Letters [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Magazine Subscription Scams [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Making Sense of Long Distance Advertising [TEXT]
  
  
• 'Miracle' Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Mortgage Discrimination [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Multilevel Marketing Plans [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Need a Loan? Think Twice About Using Your Home as Collateral [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• 'Net Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Operation Phony Philanthropy: Charity Fraud [TEXT]
  
  
• Paunch Lines: Weight Loss Claims Are No Joke For Dieters [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Personal Emergency Response Systems [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Prize Offers: You Don't Have to Pay to Play [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Problems With Holiday Purchases? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Promotions for Kids' Dietary Supplements Leave a Sour Taste [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Promotions for Kids' Dietary Supplements Leave a Sour Taste [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Protecting Kids from the Sun [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Public Safety Fund-Raising Appeals: Make Your Donations Count [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Pump Fiction: Tips for Buying Exercise Equipment [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Putting Cold Calls on Ice [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Reloading Scams: Double Trouble for Consumers [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Renting a Car [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Reverse Mortgages [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Safe Shopping Tips (Holiday Shopping Tips) [TEXT]
  
  
• Scholarship Scams Campaign [TEXT]
  
  
• Service Contracts [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Setting Goals for Healthy Weight Loss [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Shop Safely Online [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Site-Seeing on the Internet: A Consumer's Guide to Travel in Cyberspace [TEXT]
  
  
• Solving Consumer Problems [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Sound Advice on Hearing Aids [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Straight Talk About Telemarketing [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Sunscreens [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Taking the "Bait" Out of Rebates [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Taking the Scare Out of Auto Repair [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Taxpayers With IRA's: FYI:  IRS Does Not Approve IRA Investments [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Telemarketing Travel Fraud [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Test Your Investment IQ [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Thinking About a Home Improvement? Don't Get Nailed [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Tips for Buying a Used Car [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Toll-Free Telephone Number Scams [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Top Ten Dot Cons: Consumer Information [TEXT]
  
  
• The Truth About Impotence Treatment Claims [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Unordered Merchandise [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Unsolicited Mail, Telemarketing & Email: Where to Go to "Just Say No" [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Up In Smoke: The Truth About Tar and Nicotine Ratings [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Vision Correction Procedures [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Warranties [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Wash Daze: Laundry Gadgets Won't Lighten the Load [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Weight Loss: Finding a Weight Loss Program That Works for You [PDF]
  
  
• Who Cares: Sources of Info About Health Care Products and Services [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Work-at-Home Schemes  [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  

En Español

• Afirmaciones sobre Curas "Milagrosas": Añada una Dosis de Escepticismo [TEXT]
  'Miracle' Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism
  
  
• Cuando una "Oportunidad de Negocio" Llama a Su Puerta [TEXT]
  Answering the Knock of a Business Opportunity
  
  
• De compras? Vaya por el Mundo! Una Guía para los Consumidores Electrónicos [TEXT]
  Going Shopping? Go Global! A Guide for E-Consumers-
  
  
• Fraudes de Trabajo en Casa:[TEXT] [PDF]
  Work-at-Home Schemes
  
  
• Funerales: Guía para el Consumidor[TEXT]
  Funerals: A Consumer Guide
  
  
• Oportunidades de Facturación Médica: Merecen una Segunda Opinión [TEXT]
  Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion
  
  
• Préstamos con Garantía Hipotecaria: ¡Atención Prestatarios! [TEXT] [PDF]
  Home Equity Loans: Borrowers Beware!
  
  
• ¿Sin trabajo? Cómo Lidiar con los Acreedores [TEXT] [PDF]
  Out of Work? How to Deal with Creditors

Last updated: Monday, April 5, 2004