Consumer Action :: Alerts

AG settlement: What homeowners need to know (Feb 10, 2012)
Steps toward healing the housing crisis Homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments will be eligible for loan modifications -…
Job applicants and credit checks (Jan 27, 2012)
An increasing number of states have enacted (or are planning to enact) laws that restrict the use of credit reports…
Sound off on private student loans to the CFPB (Jan 11, 2012)
Whether it's two sentences or two pages, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants to hear from you if…

Privacy (Mar 23, 2011)
NEW A "Get out of Jail Free Card" for corporate privacy violators? Consumer Action opposes AB 1219 (Perea), which would…
Autos (Mar 01, 2011)
NEW Stop Car Title Usury! Car title loans are a form of predatory lending notorious for harming low-income Californians. Title…
Consumer Protection (Feb 23, 2011)
NEW Allow Consumers to choose between Fish and Frankenfish Consumer Action supports AB 88 (Huffman), which would require labeling of…

Warning about "fake ticket" scams (Jan 31, 2012)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns consumers about a new spam email scam in which perpetrators try to trick you…
NCL warns of bogus car advertising schemes (Dec 01, 2011)
Our friends at the National Consumers League (NCL) Fraud Center have alerted consumers to a situation that…
Wire transfer requests may be a 'red flag' for fraud (Nov 01, 2011)
Consumer Action is warning consumers that requests to wire money through Western Union or MoneyGram are a “red flag” that…

2012 brings new consumer laws in California (Dec 30, 2011)
Thanks to our friends at the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs for compiling this great list of the…
July 2012 brings new protections for California car buyers (Sep 27, 2011)
AB 1215 (Blumenfield) has been signed by Governor Brown. Once it takes effect, it will offer important new protections to…
2011 consumer laws in the Golden State (Jan 21, 2011)
The Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs has prepared a nifty run-down of California consumer protection laws that went into…

Airline baggage fees (Apr 17, 2008)
Checked baggage fees started with Ryanair. Then they crossed the Atlantic and the Spirit caught on with Allegiant and Virgin…
Airlines' second-bag fee (Mar 04, 2008)
Two major airlines, United Airlines and US Airways, have recently announced a new baggage policy that will require consumers traveling…
Insurance Premium Installment Fees (Jan 17, 2008)
We often hear the phrase, “The poor pay more,” and here’s a couple concrete examples of how people who can’t…

Consumer Action Insurance Survey (Sep 25, 2008)
Update: The survey closed on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Please watch for the results in our Fall 2008 issue of…
Credit Limit Survey (Jun 24, 2008)
This survey closed on July 15, 2008. Click here to see the results…

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