Tennessee Consumer Affairs offers Tips to Avoid Summer Job Scams
June 2, 2018
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance says If a Summer Job Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
Nashville, TN – As the school year comes to a close, many students are searching for a way to earn money during summer break. T
he Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs is advising Tennesseans of all ages to be wary of job announcements that promise more than they can deliver.
Consumer Reports Provides Tips on How to Avoid Getting Burned By the Latest High-Tech Scams
September 6, 2012
Yonkers, NY – It’s easier than ever to get burned these days—in fact fraud and identity-theft complaints tracked by the Federal Trade Commission topped 1.2 million last year, up 19 percent from 2010 and a whopping 800 percent since 2000. And the fraud artists are using new channels and technology that didn’t exist 15 years ago including social media, pop-up ads on your computer, and text-message “smishing” scams.
According to Consumer Reports’ investigation, available on www.ConsumerReports.org on August 30th and in the October issue of Consumer Reports on newsstands September 4th, two other factors compound this problem. [Read more]
