Consumer's
Resource Handbook
Published by the Consumer
Information Center, this site features valuable information that no consumer
should be without. Also included is the Consumer Assistance Directory with
thousands of names, addresses, telephone numbers, web site and e-mail addresses
for national consumer organizations, trade associations, state and local consumer
protection offices, state and federal agencies.
The Better Business Bureau
The Better Business
Bureau provides instant access to business and consumer alerts as well as
many other helpful resources. You can even file a complaint online and more.
This web site is provided by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.,
and the BBB system of over 150 Bureaus located throughout the United States
and Canada.
Top 10 Scams
Billing consumers
for optional services that they never ordered, was the number one scam reported
to the National Fraud Information Center last year. Discover what other schemes
made the list and learn how to avoid them.
Cybersmarts
The Internet is an
exciting tool that puts vast information at your fingertips. With a click
of a mouse, it lets you buy an airline ticket, book a hotel, send flowers
to a friend, or purchase your favorite stock. Keep in mind the following tips
to help ensure that your online shopping experience is a safe one.
Kelly Blue Book
Don't buy or sell
a car without checking out this invaluable guide. Learn your car's trade-in
and resale value, get free new car pricing reports with specs, photos, invoice
and more.
Consumer
Line
Consumer Line
is the online service of the Office of Consumer and Business Education of
the Bureau of Consumer Protection. It offers the full text of approximately
150 consumer publications on a wide range of categories.
United States Postal Service
This site helps the
consumer to protect themselves from chain letters, free gifts scams, telemarketing,
lotteries and more. A good site to visit for protection.
AARP Fraud
Alert
The U.S. Department
of Justice estimates that one out of six consumers is cheated by telemarketing
criminals every year and in one study nearly 80 percent of telemarketers the
FBI investigated were targeting their fraudulent calls at older consumers.