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Consumer Action’s Alerts highlight trends in consumer complaints, scams, outrageous fees and other notable consumer information.

Financial health and FinTech COVID relief and recovery efforts (Jun 15, 2020)
COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on consumers around the globe. According to the U.S. Labor Department, more than 42.6
COVID-19 新冠肺炎疫情期間，消費者援助資源指南 (Jun 11, 2020)
English version here Versión en español aquí 本指南包含聯邦CARES ACT新冠病毒疫情援助救難經濟安全法案的最新資料在近期新冠病毒疫情爆發後，各類公私援助信息及資源不斷湧現出來，以協助人們在失去收入後、在患病期間或在學校停課時獲得一些幫助與支持。我們將會不斷了解新信息，不斷更新以下內容。 CARES Act (新冠病毒疫情援助救難經濟安全法案)/經濟刺激就業/勞工食物以及餐飲住屋衛生保健電訊/公共事業金融服務稅務預防詐騙旅行/郵輪其他/雜項資源 CARES Act 新冠病毒疫情援助救難經濟安全法案/經濟刺激 CARES
Don’t ditch your government stimulus payment delivered by debit card (Jun 02, 2020)
Versión en español aquí / Spanish version here You may have received your economic stimulus money

Scammers demand money for their dirty deeds (Jan 21, 2020)
Consumer Action is warning homeowners that scammers are sending mailings “offering” to sell them copies of their own
Beware of offers of 'free money' from the government (Sep 20, 2018)
The federal government grant scam has been around for years. But now, scammers are finding targets through social media. This
Protect yourself from door-to-door home repair scams (Sep 20, 2018)
From our friends at the AARP Fraud Watch Network. The summer months are prime time for home repair scams. This

Changes to California law protect consumers who owe time-barred debts (Oct 31, 2018)
A recent change to California law significantly limits the ability of debt collectors to collect a time-barred debt from a
Protecting yourself from predatory towing (Dec 17, 2017)
From Consumer Connection, a publication of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Tow truck drivers risk their lives every day
New privacy protections for CalFresh and CalWORKs beneficiaries (Sep 22, 2016)
CalFresh (California’s food stamp program) and CalWORKs (the state’s welfare to work program) help disadvantaged families