Invasion of the ID
Snatchers.
While ID theft
can take many complex forms, the essence of this crime is
simple—someone steals personal information about you to use for
fraudulent purposes.
Learn more
here.
Advocacy
National Consumers League report: Recipients of Stipends to Educate Seniors about Telemarketing Fraud (12.17.2007) NEW: Are Banks Doing Enough to Protect Their Customers? Read Susan's Grant Speech to the OCC (10.16.2007)
Groups Unite in Call
for Action against Phishing Scams
(03.16.2006)
NCL's New Report
(pdf)
Speech: Remarks at the
Conference on Travel Fraud and Consumer Protection
(03.29.2005)
Letter:
Regarding International Consumer Protection Enforcement Act of 2003
(09.19.2003)
Testimony: Regarding
International Consumer Protection Enforcement Act of 2003
(06.11.2003)
Comments:
Public/Private Partnerships to Combat Cross Border Fraud
(02.07.2003)Speech: Remarks to the Annual Conference of the American Society of
Travel Agents (05.08.1998)
Testimony: U.S. Senate holds hearing on slamming (02.18.1998)
Testimony: Top Ten Internet Frauds Released During Senate Hearing
(02.10.1998)
Speech: Internet Fraud Watch (09.10.1997)
Speech: “Peach Sweep” Targets Georgia’s Bad Apples
(07.15.1997)
Research
Online Auction Fraud
Read the Survey Results
Counterfeit Drugs Survey
Read the Survey Results
Related NCL Publications
A Call
for Action: Report from the National Consumers League's
Anti-Phishing Retreat (PDF)
Don't Fall for Fake Check Scams (PDF)
Don't Take the Bait! Avoid Getting Hooked by Phishers (PDF)
They Can’t Hang Up! Five Steps to Help Seniors Targeted by
Telemarketing Fraud (HTML)
Recent NCL Press Releases
Be
Suspicious About Wiring Money Back After Cashing a Check
(03.23.2006)
2005 Fraud
Trends: Consumers Being Hounded by Internet and Telemarketing
Scams (01.19.2006)
Shopping
Online for the Holidays: Twelve Tips to Protect Yourself From
Cyber Grinches, Scams and Schemes (11.17.2005)
National Cyber Security Awareness Month: ID
Thieves Preying on Consumers with New Phishing Scam Called Pharming
(10.13.2005)
NCL Provides Consumers with
Tips to Tell a Reliable Medicare Drug Plan Resource
(10.06.2005)
Mid-year Fraud
Stats Reveal Alarming Trends in Telemarketing, Internet Scams
(8.11.2005)
Don’t Let April 1 Be April “Phools” Day:
Federal Trade Commission, National Consumers League and
Microsoft Warn Internet Users of Phishing Scams (3.31.2005)
National Consumer Protection
Week Focus on ID Theft Prevention; NCL Releases Top 10 Internet and
Telemarketing Frauds
(2.3.2005)
Group Warns Consumers Not to Take the Bait in Phishing Scams
(08.18.2004)
Advocacy Group Warns that More and More Consumers Falling for Fake
Check Scams (08.11.2004)
Americans Vulnerable to, Unaware of Counterfeit Drugs
(07.17.2004)
Online Auction Fraud Complaints Still Rising, Says Consumer Watchdog
(03.31.2004)
Consumer Group Offers Support to FDA in Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs
(02.18.2004)
Bogus Credit Card Offers Still Top List of Telemarketing Frauds, Says
Nation’s Oldest Consumer Group (01.27.2004)
Fraud Friends Recognized Online (01.22.2004)
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