Supporting the development of Community and Ethnic Media’s capacity to effectively report on scams and consumer fraud, empowering them to better inform, protect, and engage their communities through accurate, culturally relevant journalism.
To list the type and variety of scams now proliferating across the country would fill an entire library. Experts say coming forward to report a scam is our best defense.
At a roundtable in Jackson, Mississippi representatives from the FTC connected with local media to discuss the alarming rise in scams impacting communities.
The risk of getting scammed when buying a car — the highest purchase many consumers make short of a house — can be as stressful as the risk of a pile-up commute.
