If you own a vehicle and a phone, you may receive calls from scammers posing as representatives of a car dealer, manufacturer or insurer telling you that your auto warranty or insurance is about to expire. The call will include…

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order against CafePress over allegations that it failed to secure consumers’ sensitive personal data including Social Security numbers and covered up a major data breach. The Commission’s order requires the company to bolster its…

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Dr. Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University, regarding a potential quid pro quo agreement in which officials from the real estate company, Evergrande, which has close ties to…

Additional water will help protect Glen Canyon Dam operations in 2022 SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Reclamation will implement two separate urgent drought response actions that will help prop up Lake Powell by nearly 1 million acre-feet (maf)…

Consumer complaints show coercive credit reporting and privacy intrusions based on unverified and inaccurate medical billing Washington, D.C. – A report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) examines the financial consequences of medical billing and collections endured by…

You’re minding your business and the phone rings. If you don’t screen and ignore it, you answer — and the caller says he’s Commissioner Noah Phillips from the FTC. (He’s not.) He gives you a badge number (it’s fake), says…

Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following reports that the United States and Germany have reached a deal on Nord Stream 2. “Nord Stream 2 is a…

Washington, D.C. - In a victory for property owners, the Supreme Court of the United States today affirmed that the government cannot force people to allow third parties to trespass on their property. In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, two…

Caller impersonating CBP Officers/Agents DULUTH, Minn — A new type of telephone scam is targeting Duluth residents in an attempt to gain banking information from unsuspecting residents. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Duluth Station have received numerous calls over…

by The Senior Medicare Patrol National Resource Center Lois C. Greisman, Elder Justice Coordinator, FTC During Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period (OEP), which ends December 7, Medicare beneficiaries can choose the plans that are best for them. You can get help…

Newly released data from the Federal Trade Commission reveal that there has been a surge in reports from people who say they lost money to a scam that started on social media, including a spike of these complaints in the…

The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded more than $536.7 million in Fiscal Year 2020 to increase law enforcement hiring and to improve school safety, combat opioids and methamphetamine, advance community policing efforts, provide…