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Consumer Action’s Alerts highlight trends in consumer complaints, scams, outrageous fees and other notable consumer information.
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Consumer Alerts
- Emergency assistance for tenants and homeowners (Apr 25, 2022)
Emergency housing funds have rescued millions from losing their homes during the pandemic. Consumer Action digs into what kind of - New Consumer Action video offers tips for avoiding fraud during National Consumer Protection Week and year-round (Mar 09, 2022)
Do you think consumers who lose money to a scammer can never get it back? Have you ever wondered why - Big banks announce significant changes to overdraft services (Jan 31, 2022)
A growing list of banks are reducing and ending overdraft fees. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, consumers were
Scam Alerts
- Watch out for tax scams during the pandemic (Jun 30, 2021)
The Internal Revenue Service's 2021 “Dirty Dozen” list warns taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions to be - Nuevas y no tan nuevas estafas de las que hay que cuidarse (Scams to watch out for) (Jun 04, 2021)
NOTE: For an English version of the scams covered in this alert, see our May 2021 Scam Gram! newsletter here. Consumer - Cuídese de tres nuevas estafas durante la pandemia (Three new COVID scams) (Apr 27, 2021)
NOTE: For an English version of the scams covered in this alert, see the "Tips!" section in our
California Alerts
- 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
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