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Preventing
Fraud
- Don’t
give financial information to callers you don’t
know. (Credit, Social Security or bank account
numbers.)
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Don’t
give in to high pressure sales that ask you to
purchase the item
now. Give yourself 24 hours before making a decision
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Get all information in writing
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It
is illegal to require a payment to receive a prize
or to enter a sweepstakes contest.
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Do
not fill out mail order solicitations.
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Avoid
high-profit No risk investments.
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Be
careful of organizations that are unfamiliar to you
& have only a P.O. Box as an address.
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Avoid
get rich quick schemes.
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Always
consult with a close friend, relative, or financial
advisor before consenting to give money.
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You
ask the questions.
Don’t answer any of the telemarketer’s
inquires.
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When
someone offers you something that is to good to be
true, stay away, it probably is.
Agencies
to call to report Fraud.
- Local Police Department or Sheriff’s Office
- Virginia Attorney
General’s Office
Toll-free
Consumer Hotline 1-800-451-1525
By TDD line (804)
371-8946
- Federal Trade
Commission
Room 692
6Th & Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC
20580
Toll Free Hotline 1-877-4338 or
1-877-382-4357
- Federal
Communication Commission
Common
Carrier Bureau
Consumer Complaints
Mail Stop 1600 A2
Washington, DC 20554
- State Office of Consumer
Affairs
Toll Free Hotline 1-800-552-9963
- US Postal Inspection
Toll Free Hotline 1-800-372-8347 or call the local Post
Office
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