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Setting the debt parking brake

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What are the biggest risks of parking? A dinged door? A bruised bumper? For consumers victimized by the pernicious practice of debt parking, the impact on their financial health can be devastating...
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When the economic impact of COVID-19 hits home

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As companies struggle to stay afloat financially due to the economic reverberations of COVID-19, your employees are facing the same challenges at home. The FTC has something you can share with staff...
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Top frauds of 2018

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Every year, millions of consumers tell us – and our partners – about the frauds they spotted. In 2018, we heard from 3 million people and learned a lot from the reports entered into our Consumer...
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The Masked Ringer

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Some forms of masquerading are just good clean fun. Consider The Masked Singer, a surprise TV hit in which a panel of celebrities tries to guess the identity of other celebrities who sing karaoke...
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FTC and New York AG miffed by overbiffing

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If you aren’t familiar with the word “overbiffing,†there’s no need to add it to your vocabulary. But if you know what overbiffing is and engage in it, a case just filed by the FTC and the New York...
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Phantom debt collectors jump on the banned wagon

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Court orders against 13 related corporate and individual defendants involved in a Georgia-based debt collection operation bring to mind the 1980s chart-topping group from Australia, Crowded House...
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Sounding the phantom debt collection alarm – again

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The FTC has been issuing warnings to industry members for years to stay miles away from phantom debt collection – the practice of pressuring people to pay debts they don’t owe. Don’t collect phantom...
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Front and center for military consumers

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Military families face all the consumer protection issues other Americans face – and then some. Frequent moves and deployments can pose additional financial challenges for servicemembers. And some of...
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So You Received a CID: FAQs for Small Businesses

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So you’ve received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission related to a consumer protection matter. Now what? We appreciate that it can be daunting for any company –...
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2017: The consumer protection year in review

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One Direction had a hit with a song called “18,†but the FTC’s recent law enforcement and policy initiatives suggest that the agency will continue to pursue many directions in its efforts to protect...
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We can’t go for that (no can do)

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Of course, phantom debt collection – the practice of pressuring people to pay “debts†they don’t owe – harms consumers. But as an FTC complaint demonstrates, when phantom debt collectors strike, they...
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Edge of ‘17

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“ Just like the white winged dove sings a song,†you can count on the BCP Business Blog to celebrate the “Edge of Seventeen†– 2017, of course – with a recap of in-case-you-missed-it developments from...