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Consumer Alerts

• Apr 28, 2020  La pérdida de trabajos aumenta por el coronavirus, ayuda económica para indocumentados aún difícil de encontrar
  [English version here/ Versión en inglés aquí] Durante el brote de coronavirus, ha sido dif
• Mar 11, 2020  Bipartisan Senate vote favors defrauded student loan borrowers
  Today, the U.S. Senate voted 53-42 to overturn the U.S. Department of Education’s revised 2019 borrower defense
• Feb 07, 2020  Petition: Don't let automakers weaken clean car standards
  Clean car standards enjoy support from the majority of Americans who want cleaner air, a stable climate and to save
• Jan 31, 2020  Jan. 31 is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day
  Today, Jan. 31, is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day. Created in 1975, the EITC is a tax credit designed to
• Nov 22, 2019  Housing counselors: Get certified
  Housing counselors who assist consumers with pre-purchase, foreclosure prevention and rental counseling must be certified by August 1, 2020. For those intending
• Nov 20, 2019  When private companies collect taxes for the IRS
  Does the collection company calling really work for the IRS? If you know you are current on your taxes and
• Oct 21, 2019  New CFPB tool helps consumers compare prepaid card fees
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new prepaid product agreements database allows consumers to find and download the
• Aug 28, 2019  Copy and use our free sample complaint letter and email
  Sometimes the difference between resolving a consumer complaint and not rests heavily on how you complain. Consumer Action offers a
• Aug 15, 2019  Cruel proposal puts kids at risk of hunger. Take action!
  The Trump administration has proposed to cut food stamps from nearly 3.1 million Americans in what it’s calling an
• Jul 26, 2019  How to claim your portion of the $700M Equifax settlement
  In September 2017, Equifax, one of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies, announced that a major data breach had
• Jul 01, 2019  Stop debt collectors from harassing consumers! Act now!
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a new rule governing debt collectors. The proposed rule does more to
• Jun 20, 2019  Suffered a data breach? Tools to fight identity fraud
  Recent reports of a data breach exposing the patient records of 12 million Quest Diagnostics customers reminds us that our personal
• Jun 11, 2019  Credit cardholders should opt out of Chase’s return to forced arbitration
  Chase recently notified 47 million accountholders that the bank is reinstating a forced arbitration clause in its cardholder agreements. Forced arbitration
• May 01, 2019  Be secure in your response to widespread Social Security scam
  Consumer Action is warning consumers about a new twist on the government imposter scam: the Social Security Administration (SSA) scam.
• Apr 04, 2019  Industry takes on robocallers with apps and call traps
  What’s more annoying than spammers and telemarketers that ring our landlines and cell phones night and day with

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