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Consumer Alerts

• Oct 22, 2018  New report: The hardest hit consumers are underreporting fraud problems
  The Federal Trade Commission receives fraud and identity theft complaints from millions of consumers each year, yet African American and
• Oct 16, 2018   A major victory for cheated students on borrower defense regulations
  Consumer Action strongly supports today’s federal court ruling, which clears the way for the Borrower Defense Rule to
• Sep 21, 2018  NEW: You can freeze your credit reports for free now
  As of Sept. 21, consumers nationwide can freeze their credit file and place one-year fraud alerts for free. Under a
• Aug 27, 2018  Renewing your eyewear prescription online
  Advances in telehealth technology now allow individuals to have their eyes examined online for the purpose of renewing eyeglass and
• Aug 22, 2018  DeVos’s latest regulation rollback writes a blank check to scam schools—courtesy of U.S. taxpayers
  The Department of Education has moved to repeal the gainful employment rule, which seeks to ensure that students who graduate
• Aug 09, 2018  Consumer Action on ABC15 Phoenix!
  Did you catch Consumer Action’s Alegra Howard on ABC15 with Joe Ducey? Here are the resources she mentioned
• Aug 08, 2018  Defend defrauded students who were scammed by their school!
  With new proposed borrower defense rule, Department of Education tells defrauded students, “You’re on your own.”
• Jul 10, 2018  Protect a complaint process that's CRITICAL to consumers!
  We need your help in urging Acting Director Mick Mulvaney to maintain—and expand—public access to Consumer
• Jul 03, 2018  Final claims deadline approaches for Volkswagen (VW) settlement
  The Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” litigation settlement of more than $15 billion, announced in June 2016, is quickly approaching the deadline
• Jun 27, 2018  35,000 former Corinthian College students with private student loans will see debt relief
  Nearly 35,000 former Corinthian College students in California will have the remainder of their private student loan balances forgiven, and some
• May 23, 2018  Deadline fast approaching for Western Union refunds
  Consumers who were cheated by a scammer when wiring money through Western Union, must file a claim by May 31, 2018 to
• Apr 17, 2018  New Medicare cards on their way
  In an effort to cut down on ID theft and fraud, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is
• Apr 10, 2018  A  new way to report tax-related identity theft
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are teaming up to make it easier for consumers
• Mar 05, 2018  It's National Consumer Protection Week
  Consumer Action is celebrating National Consumer Protection Week! Of course, we are into consumer protection year round, but this week
• Mar 02, 2018  New report: U.S. Education Secretary has failed American students
  U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's policy decisions have been a boon for for-profit colleges, student loan

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