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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Complaints Consumer Information' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Complaints Consumer Information Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Complaints Consumer Information 1. Fighting Internet And Business Scams - The 21st Century Background Check - By: Bruce Prokopets You would think that the internet scam artists would take a vacation from bilking unsuspecting victims during such recent natural disasters as hurricane Katrina, and the tsunami that killed over a quarter million people right after Christmas. "Not so.", says Jim Merrick of Click First, a one stop on... Featured ArticleTop 10 Consumer Complaints List (NC)According to information on Industry Canada's Consumer Information Gateway website, here is a list of the types of services and companies that receive consumer complaints most frequently: 1. Auto dealers new and used2. Contractors (roofing, paving, heating, air conditioning, landscaping etc.)3. Auto repair services4. Mail and catalogue orders 5. Moving and storage companies6. Work-at-home opportunities7. Hom ...
Read full story 2. Knowing Your Predatory Credit Card Companies - By: Michael Russell For a number of credit card consumers, lending options are widely available. However for individuals with bad credit, the options are few and far between. With this in mind, lenders may take advantage of individuals who have problems repaying debt. These organizations typically target people with ... 3. Work From Home Plans: System Or Scam? - By: Matthew C. Keegan More than likely you have seen them cropping up all over the internet: work from home schemes promising participants vast sums of money for selling a product, stuffing envelopments, clicking ads, making phone calls, etc. The plans are as varied as they are innovative. Unfortunately, many are sca... 4. Senior Scam Alert - By: Christine Silva Welcome to the Senior Scam Alert, a column designed to inform seniors of scams and cons that are regularly committed against them. People over 65 are targeted for scams more than any other age group, and account for 56% of all fraud cases, even though they are only about 13% of the US po... 5. Free Debt Consolidation Services Scam Or The Real Deal? - By: Tim Gorman The signs of high prices taking their toll on consumers are starting to show. As more and more consumers fall deeper and deeper into that nasty state of high debt, missed payments, contemplating bankruptcy and mounting stress from piles of unpaid bills perhaps free debt consolidation se... 6. Car Repair Scams: Why Traditional Scam Prevention Tips Will Cost You A Fortune - By: Theodore Olson The advice is all the same for auto repair scam prevention. Youll be told to find an ASE certified shop. Ask around. Check out several different repair facilities first. Are they clean and neat? Do they provide written estimates? Check with the BBB. Is it AAA certified? Some will even advise to ask ... 7. Online Auction Fraud - By: Steven Woodward As the e-commerce industry continues to grow, so does internet fraud. Most people aren't aware that the fastest growing segment of internet fraud isn't identity theft but rather online auction fraud and it's not just buyers who are being ripped off but sellers as well. eB... 8. Is The Credit Repair Business A Scam Or Solution? - By: Marco Carbajo Despite the massive efforts of the credit reporting agencies to convince you otherwise, there are many credit repair companies that are no different than most other services. Like all industries, less-than-honest companies do exist and are damaging to their clients and to the credit repa... 9. Who Regulates Pre Paid Legal Plans 1 - By: Michael Russell Pre-paid legal service providers are required to provide either a written agreement of the services provided in their plans, or at least a written communication concerning the services covered, together with the fees to be charged for services not covered in the written agreement o... 10. Senior Scam Alert - By: Christine Silva Welcome to the Senior Scam Alert, a column designed to inform seniors of scams and cons that are regularly committed against them. Seniors are victims of cons more often than any other age group. Seniors tend to be more trusting, and less apt to question someone who portrays himself as a... 11. How Not To Get Hooked By A "phishing" Scam - By: Dean Phillips First of all, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, "Phishing" is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information. Phishers send an ... 12. Home Equity Loans - Borrowers Beware - By: Federal Trade Commission Do you own your home? If so, it's likely to be your greatestsingle asset. Unfortunately, if you agree to a loan that's basedon the equity you have in your home, you may be putting yourmost valuable asset at risk.Homeowners - particularly elderly, minority, and those with lowincomes or po... 13. Three Types Of Fraud: Most Common, Most Dangerous - By: Michael Russell Fraud. The intentional use of deceit, a trick or some dishonest means to deprive another of their money, property, or a legal right. Fraudster. A person who intentionally deceives a consumer or business to deprive them or their money, property, or a legal right. Fraud is a cr... 14. Rent Timeshares: Get Some Money Back On Your Failed Timeshare Expenditure - By: Michael Russell There are several reasons not to own a timeshared deed. You may end up having to try and rent out your week or weeks to someone else just to lose less money on the whole deal. Ownership is forever until sold or traded away by using the exact legal description for it. The timeshare industr... 15. The New Coke Fiasco - Market Research Lessons To Be Learnt - By: Colin Bates none Before Coca-Cola launched 'New Coke' they had invested US$4,000,000 in market research and undertook 200,000 blind taste tests. In all these blind (unbranded) taste tests the New Coke outperformed both Pepsi and existing Coke. These blind taste tests were the basis of the laun... 16. What Is Internet Scam Reporting? - By: Joe Cooper Internet Scam Reporting may be the best internet home based business opportunity youve never heard of. You can register to be a scam reporter and enjoy the benefits of getting paid to share your experiences of getting ripped off by con artists selling home business opportunity scams. This is the bes... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |
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