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.
Experts say scams targeting vulnerable families desperate to reunite with detained loved ones or to resolve outstanding immigration issues have proliferated.
Lawyers with the Center for Migrant Rights say farm workers victimized by scammers should seek legal aid to prevent future abuses and potentially find justice.
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.
