The United States government's Bureau of Consumer Protection works "to prevent fraud, deception, and unfair business practices in the marketplace." Their website provides information on simple ways to prevent fraud, like how to get on the National Do Not Call Registry in order to avoid telemarketing calls, avoiding online scams, or how to identify medical identity theft. Visitors interested in learning how to avoid job scams should definitely watch the video on the homepage. It gives some of the key language used by job scammers in their print, online, TV and radio advertisements so that consumers can more readily identify scams. At the end of the video, visitors are given contact details at the FTC for those who need to report a job scam. A link to more information about job scams is located below the video. The "Business Information" tab provides information to those visitors who own a business and want to stay on the right side of the law. How to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the CAN-SPAM Act, and the Credit Practice Rule is covered in this section.
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