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What To Do If You Are The Victim of Telemarketing Fraud
(Separate Website)
Tips to avoid telemarketing fraud and how to protect your rights.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Know Who is calling -- Phone Fraud and Identity Theft
(Separate Website)
Don't be a victim of fraudsters on the phone! See "Who?s Calling? Recognize & Report Phone Fraud."
Here is information from the Federal Trade Commission about how you can protect yourself from people who use the phone to commit fraud and to prey on senior citizens and other consumers.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section
(Separate Website)
The Consumer Protection Section of the Attorney General's office is responsible for enforcing Louisiana's consumer protection laws. This site has information and other resources, including a link to the page where you can learn about how to file a complaint about a consumer issue.
By: State of Louisiana
Louisiana's Do Not Call Program
(Separate Website)
The Louisiana "Do Not Call" Program is a list of residential telephone subscribers who wish to reduce telephone solicitations. Find out how to get on the list, and what your rights are, by reading this.
By: Louisiana Public Service Commission
Telemarketing and Spam - Telephone Calls
(Separate Website)
Your rights with Sales Calls and Pre-Recorded Messages, and how to get on the federal "Do Not Call" Registry.
By: FCIC- Federal Citizen Information Center Web site
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Straight Talk About Telemarketing
(Separate Website)
How fraudulent telemarketing operations work, how to protect yourself, and how to report fraud.
By: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Scams, rip offs, and how to avoid them
(Separate Website)
See this site, which has videos about recognizing and avoiding scams at home, at work and on when shopping.
By: Federal Communications Commission
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Identify Theft and Financial Scams Common scams and cons - protect your identity and your money. 26 pages,
By: David Szwak, Esq. of Bodenheimer, Jones, Szwak & Winchell, L.L.P
Cellular Phones -- Information for Consumers
(Separate Website)
See this fact sheet from the Federal Communications Commission about cellular phone service and cellular phone issues.
By: Federal Communications Commission
Facts about Telephone Service -- Federal Communications Commission
(Separate Website)
Find out what you can to about unwanted telemarketers, "slamming," and other telephone service issues. This is a basic fact sheet about telephone service from the Federal Communications Commission.
By: FCC -- Federal Communications Commission
Intenet Service -- Consumer Facts
(Separate Website)
Get the facts about your rights and your Internet service. Here is consumer information from the Federal Communications Commission.
By: Federal Communications Commission
Digital Television Converter Box Government Coupon Program
(Separate Website)
See this site for information about the government's coupon program for digital TV converter boxes.
Digital TV Converter Box Coupon Program
(Separate Website)
See this government site to find out about the Digital TV Converter Box Coupon Program. This site has information about the switch to digital TV, tells you how to apply for a government coupon to help pay for a converter box, and where you can buy converter boxes in your area.
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Chinese / 中文
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French / Français
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Korean / 한국어
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Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Digital TV is coming -- find out about the switch
(Separate Website)
This government web site tells you about the switch to digital television. If you have an older television read to find out what you need to do to make it work with digital broadcast signals.
Guía del Consumidor y Mas
(Separate Website)
"¿Tiene alguna pregunta o algún problema como consumidor? Usted ha venido al sitio correcto para obtener ayuda, ahora con más información en español."
By: Centro Federal de Información para el Público de la Administración de Servicios Generales de los EE. UU.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
HUD: Don't be a victim of loan fraud!
(Separate Website)
Find out from HUD how you can help protect yourself from loan fraud, including predatory lenders who may prey on the elderly, low-income people and others.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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