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These FTC Consumer Alerts offer tips on                     how to recognize and avoid scams, as well as advice on other                     consumer issues.
-   Ads Promising Debt Relief May Be Offering Bankruptcy                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Answering the Knock of a Business 'Opp'                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Are You Getting Telemarketing Calls You Don't Want?                       Here's How to Stop Them   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-  Avoid a School Break Bust   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Avoiding Home Equity Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Avoiding the Muscle Hustle: Tips for Buying Exercise                       Equipment  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Beloved...Bejeweled...Be Careful: What to Know Before                       You Buy Jewelry  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Biothreats - Are Claims To Treat Really Just A Trick?                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Bogus July 1 Email Exposed: The Real Deal on Your                       Credit File Privacy  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Bogus Medical Discount Plans: A Bitter Pill  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Border-Line Scams Are the Real Thing   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise: Making a                       Clean Sweep  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying a Used Car    [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying a Washing Machine? It's a Load-ed Question                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying Cashmere? Avoid Pulled Wool  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying Genuine American Indian Arts and Crafts                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Buying Gold and Gemstone Jewelry: The Heart of the                       Matter  [ 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 ]    
-   Cigars: No Such Thing As a Safe Smoke   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Computers For Next to Nothing: What's the Deal?                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Cooling Your Home: Don't Sweat It  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Cost of "Free" Adult Content Adds Up                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Credit Card Loss Protection Offers: They're the                       Real Steal  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Credit Insurance: Is It for You?  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Credit Repair: Help Yourself First   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Custom-ized Cons Calling  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- Detect, Protect, Disinfect: Consumers Online Face                       Wide Choices in Security Products  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Driving Overseas? Steer Clear of Bogus International                       Driving Permits  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Dialing Up to the Internet: How to Stay Safe Online                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- **Dubious "Gas-Saving"                       Gadgets Can Drive You to Distraction**  [ TEXT ]    
-   Eco-Speak: A User's Guide to the Language of Recycling                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Electronic Commerce: Selling Internationally. A Guide                       for Business   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   FCC License Auctions   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Federal and Postal Job Scams: Tip-offs to Rip-offs                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Five Steps to Avoiding Office Supply Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Fraud on the Line: Avoiding "Do Not Call"                       Scams  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- 'Free Grants': Don't Take Them For Grant-ed                        [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]    
-   "Free" and "Low-Cost" PC Offers.                       Go Figure.  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Free Trial Offers: Timing is Everything  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   FTC Explains 'Made in USA' Standard To Confirm Consumer                       Confidence  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely To                       Arrive Via Bulk Email  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   FTC Offers RN Application Online  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Gas-Saving Products: Proceed with Caution  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Getting Business Credit   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Getting Purse-onal   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Getting the Clear Picture on Lasik Eye Surgery                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   The Gifting Club "Gotcha"   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Going Shopping? Go Global! A Guide for E-Consumers                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Green Card Lottery Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Guide to the Federal Trade Commission  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Helping Victims of the Terrorist Attacks: Your Guide                       to Giving Wisely  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Hide and Go Seek: Finding the Disclosures in "Free"                       Internet Service Offers  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Hoax Targets Elderly African Americans Alert                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Holiday Shopping: Is a Sale Price Your Best Deal?                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Home Equity Loans: The Three-Day Cancellation Rule                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Home Insulation Basics: Higher R-Values = Higher                       Insulating Values  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Home-Use Tests For HIV Can Be Inaccurate, FTC Warns                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   How to Avoid Losing Your Money to Investment Frauds [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   How To Be Penny Wise, Not Pump Fuelish   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   How to Catch the Bandit in Your Mailbox   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- How Not to Get Hooked by a 'Phishing' Scam                        [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]    
- Is Someone "Phishing" for Your Information?                        [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]     
-   Identity Crisis... What to Do If Your Identity Is                       Stolen   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   In-FUR-mation Alert: How to Comply with the Fur Products                       Labeling Act  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   International Lottery Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Internet Auctions: Secrets of Success   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Investing in Rare Coins   [ TEXT ]                           
-   Jingle Bells, Jingle Sells: Tips for Holiday Shopping                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Just When You Thought It Was Safe... Adv. Fee Loan                       "Sharks"   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- Keep Your Email Address Unlisted: There Is No                       "National Do Not Email Registry"  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Kitchen Gadgets Offer Food for "Thaw-t"                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Lights! Camera! Rip-Off! How to Tell When a Scam                       is Born   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Long Distance Deals   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Look Before You Lease    [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Lotions and Potions: The Bottom Line About Multilevel                       Marketing Plans  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   The Lowdown on Chain Letters   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Make Sure Living Trust Offers Are Trust-worthy                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   More Than Once Upon a Mattress: Used Bedding Labeling                       Rules   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Need a Loan? Think Twice About Using Your Home as                       Collateral   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Negative Credit Can Squeeze a Job Search  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   'Net Based Business Opportunities: Beware of                       Flop-portunities?   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   The "Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Now Consumers Can Tell It to the FTC - Toll-Free                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need                       to Know  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Online Auctions: Bidders Be Wary                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Online Gambling and Kids: A Bad Bet  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Online Investment Opportunities: 'Net Profit                       or 'Net Gloss?   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   OUCH...Students Getting Stung Trying to Find $$$                       for College   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Out of Work? How to Deal with Creditors   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Paunch Lines: Weight Loss Claims Are No Joke For                       Dieters   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Payday Loans = Costly Cash  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Petal Pushers: Is Your 'Local' Florist Really                       Long-Distance?   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Phone, E-Mail, and Pager Messages May Signal Costly                       Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Privacy: Tips for Protecting Your Personal Information                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Privacy: What You Do Know Can Protect You  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Problems With Holiday Purchases?   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Public Safety Fund-Raising Appeals: Make Your Donations                       Count   [ PDF ]    
-   Putting Cold Calls on Ice   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Q&A: The FTC's Changes to the Telemarketing                       Sales Rule  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Radiation Shields: Do They 'Cell' Consumers Short?                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Reverse Mortgages--Cashing In On Home Ownership                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-  Rx for Products that Claim to Prevent SARS?A Healthy Dose of Skepticism  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Safeguarding Customers' Personal Information:                       A Requirement for Financial Institutions  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Selling 'American-Made' Products? What Businesses                       Need to Know About Making Made in USA Claims  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Selling on the Internet: Prompt Delivery Rules                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Shopping for a Home Equity Loan?   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Spotting Sweet-Sounding Promises of Fraudulent Invention                       Promotion Firms   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- Spyware  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Sun-Protective Clothing: Wear It Well  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Take Charge of Your Credit  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Taking the "Bait" Out of Rebates   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Taxpayers With IRA's: FYI:  IRS Does Not                       Approve IRA Investments   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Thinking About a Home Improvement? Don't Get                       Nailed   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-  Tip-offs to Rip-offs (also in Spanish)                        [ PDF ]    
-   Trapped in the Tangled Web: Web Scheme Diverts Consumers                       from Their Intended Sites  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Traveler's Advisory: Get What You Pay For                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   The Truth About Impotence Treatment Claims   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Unauthorized Charges Crammed onto Your Telephone                       Bill?  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Unsolicited Mail, Telemarketing and Email: Where                       to Go to "Just Say No"  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Up In Smoke: The Truth About Tar and Nicotine Ratings                         [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Using Internet Access Products  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Virtual "Treatments" Can Be Real-World                       Deceptions   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Wash Daze: Laundry Gadgets Won't Lighten the                       Load   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Weathering the High Cost of Heating Your Home                        [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   Website Woes: Avoiding Web Service Scams   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   What's Dot and What's Not: Domain Name Registration                       Scams  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   What's in Your In-Box?  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   When to Ditch the Cold Call Pitch  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   When Yellow Pages Invoices Are Bogus   [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
-   When Your Computer Calls Overseas ...Without Your                       Okay  [ TEXT ]                       [ PDF ]    
- Who's Spamming Who? Could it Be You?                        [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]    

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