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Top 6 Websites that Teach People about Fraud
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Tags: Protection-for-consumers, protection-for-older-people, protection-for-recipients-of-health-care, fraud, health-fraud, internet-safety, telemarketing-safety
These are some of the most powerful agencies in the nation that protect people from wrongdoings in businesses.
| | Agency: Council of Better Business Bureau (CBBB) |
| | phone: 703-276-0110 |
| | Website: http://www.bbb.org |
| | Goal: help consumers make informative purchasing decisions |
| | Agency: Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| | phone: 202-514-2000 |
| | Email: ASKDJ@usdoj.gov |
| | Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/ |
| | Goal: prosecute institutions whose unprofessionalism caused older people to suffer from harm or death. Prosecute companies that discriminate against older people. Protect people from health care fraud. |
| | Agency: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) |
| | phone: 1877 FTC HELP or 202-326-2222 |
| | Email: webmaster@ftc.gov |
| | Website: http://www.ftc.gov |
| | Goal: Help to ensure that advertisments, packaging companies, and labeling companies are truthful. Offer publications to help consumers in home refinancing, paying off debt, buying a used car, and credit history fundamental. |
| | Agency: National Bar Association (NBA) |
| | Phone: 202-842-3900 |
| | Website: http://www.nationalbar.org |
| | Goal: assist people of low income and older people. Offer valuable publications on 1. Saving the Home, 2. Defending Against Fraud and Scams, a book about second mortgages |
| | Agency: National Consumer's League (NCL) |
| | Phone: 1-800-876-7060 or 202-835-3323 |
| | Email: info@nclnet.org |
| | Website: http://www.natlconsumersleague.org |
| | Goal: Help consumers, businesses, and organizations with problems of privacy, consumer credit, food safety and drug safety. Help victims of telemarketing and internet fraud and address those issues to law enforcement. |
| | Agency: National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) |
| | Phone: 201-723-2955 |
| | Website: http://www.ncahf.org |
| | Goal: Allow people to call in to report health fraud. Teach people about health fraud, misinformation and quackery. |
| | These are some of the most powerful agencies in the nation that protect people from wrongdoings in businesses. |
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