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FTC's Northeast Region Releases Top Complaint Categories in 2012
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Northeast Region today announced the release of the FTC’s annual Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book detailing the number of consumer complaints, including those...
FTC Warns Small Businesses: Don't Open Email Falsely Claiming to be From FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning small businesses: An email that pretends to be from the FTC with “NOTIFICATION OF CONSUMER COMPLAINT” in the subject line is not from the FTC. The email falsely...
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Paper, Plastic… or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments
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To learn more about the mobile payments industry and its effects on consumers, the FTC convened a workshop on April 26, 2012. For purposes of the workshop and this report, staff took a very broad view...
National Consumer Protection Week 2013 Kicks Off Sunday, March 3
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The Federal Trade Commission is joining with more than 60 federal, state and local agencies, consumer groups and national advocacy organizations to participate in National Consumer Protection Week...
FTC Returns More than $685,000 to Victims of "Real Wealth" Work-at-Home and Grant Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 50,365 refund checks totaling more than $685,000 to consumers who were victimized by a bogus work-at-home and grant scam. As part of a February 2010 law...
Comment Period Remains Open for FTC Data Collection Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission reminds members of the public that the period for submitting comments on its recent comprehensive data collection workshop remains open until March 8. The workshop, held...
FTC Releases Top 10 Complaint Categories for 2012
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Identity theft is once more the top complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission, which has released its 2012 annual report of complaints. 2012 marks the first year in which the FTC received...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Compete, Inc.
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Compete, Inc. violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by using its web-tracking...
FTC Warns Veterans: Be Wary of Free Pension Advice
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The Federal Trade Commission warns veterans and their families: Be wary of dishonest advisers offering “free” help with paperwork for pension claims. Unscrupulous lawyers, financial planners and...
HTC America Settles FTC Charges It Failed to Secure Millions of Mobile Devices Shipped to Consumers
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Mobile device manufacturer HTC America has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones...
FTC to Host Public Forum on Threats to Mobile Devices on June 4
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public forum on June 4, 2013 addressing malware, viruses and similar threats facing users of smartphones and other mobile technologies. As the use of...
Feb21
Identity Theft & Tax Fraud Town Hall Series
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Congressman Ted Deutch will join the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General’s Office at a town hall event in Boca Raton, Florida from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 20, 2013...
Feb20
Identity Theft & Tax Fraud Town Hall Series
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Congressman Ted Deutch will join the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General’s Office at a town hall event in Boca Raton, Florida from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 20, 2013...
FTC Settlement Bans Telemarketers from Selling Healthcare-Related Products
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Telemarketers who allegedly tricked consumers into buying purported health insurance are permanently banned from selling healthcare-related products under a settlement with the Federal Trade...
FTC Action Halts Operation That Billed More Than $25 Million to Consumers' Bank and Credit Card Accounts without Their Consent
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted an operation that allegedly used an intricate web of concealment to debit hundreds of thousands of consumers’ bank...
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP
Type of Action
Federal
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FTC Matter/File Number
082 3205
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