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Consumer sites | top↑ |
Consumersearch.com 
(52 votes)
combines reviews from sources on and off the internet, and posts
the top products in dozens of categories.
Are you being
harassed by bill collectors? Find out
about your rights at fair-debt-collection.com (57 votes)
Get info on a
business' reputation at the Better Business
Bureau site at bbb.org (34 votes)
To find a professional
to help with your insurance
claims go to claims.org (40 votes)
The Consumer Federation
of America consumerfed.org (47 votes)
The Federal Consumer
Information Center pueblo.gsa.gov (46 votes)
The Federal Trade
Commission ftc.gov (33 votes)
The National Consumers'
League nclnet.org (39 votes)
For info on privacy issues:
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. fdic.gov (34 votes)
or call
1-800-ASK-FDIC or privacyrights.org (51 votes)
Find
out if the supplements you buy actually
contain the ingredients stated on the label at consumerlab.com (49 votes)
Consumer
news, scams
etc.at consumerworld.org (50 votes)
Help with consumer
disputes callforaction.org (50 votes)
File a complaint,
scam alerts, list of companies with best
or worst service at consumeraffairs.com (55 votes)
Feel like your lender is ripping you off, check out
dontborrowtrouble.com (59 votes)
Are you owed a pension from a company that went bankrupt or was underfunded?
Check out pbgc.gov/search (47 votes)
or ncrb.com (34 votes)
who will search for
lost benefits for a fee.
Can't find exactly what you're looking for? Use Google search:
Credit reports | top↑ |
Equifax:
800-525-6285 or equifax.com (33 votes)
Fraud line: 888-766-0008
Experian
(all issues): 888-397-3742 or experian.com (42 votes)
Trans
Union: 800-916-8800 or transunion.com (46 votes)
Fraud line: 800-680-7289
Get
your credit report free every
year through annualcreditreport.com (60 votes)
Find
out the average credit score in your state
and nationwide at nationalscoreindex.com (61 votes)
If you need to fix your credit-report, check the Federal Trade Commission's site for tips:
ftc.gov (33 votes)
To learn more about credit-ratings and how they work, go to:
fairisaac.com (44 votes)
Product testing, certification | top↑ |
Certifies products and writes standards for food, water and consumer goods. Search for products certified by nsf.org (32 votes)
Credit counseling agencies | top↑ |
myvesta.org (40 votes)
or 1-800-698-3782
nfcc.org (34 votes)
0r 1-800-388-2227
aiccca.org (39 votes)
or1-800-450-1794
Please be aware, that fees at these agencies vary greatly and that some may be subsidized by credit card companies.
ID theft | top↑ |
Contact
the Federal Trade Commission's identity-theft-hotline
at 1-877-438-4338 or at ftc.gov (58 votes)
File a complaint at the federal government's database at
consumer.gov/sentinel/idtchart.htm (82 votes)
Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov/idtheft (48 votes)
Get more
info at
idtheftcenter.org (51 votes)
Find out if there
are any lawsuits against you at knowx.com (37 votes)
Call police in your area and file a crime-report. Attach a copy to any letters you send out to banks, credit card companies etc.
The
following check verification companies keep a history of bad checks:
ChexSystems, 800-428-9623
SCAN, 800-262-7771
TeleCheck, 800-710-9898
Contact the major credit bureaus:
Equifax
Fraud line: 1-800-525-6285 or equifax.com (33 votes)
Experian
(all issues): 1-888-397-3742 or experian.com (42 votes)
Trans
Union Fraud line: 1-800-680-7289 or transunion.com (46 votes)
Inform the Social Security Administration at 800-269-0271.
Inform the Internal Revenue Service at 800-829-0433.
Contact the agency that issued your driver-license or ID
Consider
doing a background check on yourself to
see if crimes are being committed in your name at: privacyscan.com (47 votes)
Get more info :
Federal
Consumer Info Center pueblo.gsa.gov (46 votes)
Privacy
Rights Organization privacyrights.org (51 votes)
(Consider keeping a journal on all your phone-calls you make concerning the identity theft and on any fraudulent activities you come upon.)
Who else has your personal info? | top↑ |
To find out what medical information info about you is available to insurance companies, call MIB (Medical Information Bureau) at 866-692-6901 once a year a receive a free report.
(cont.)
With your help we�ve been accumulating a good selection of consumer websites we believe you'll find very useful.
We choose websites for this directory based on our web research and visitor recommendations, not based on commissions or fees.
Our goal is to point you towards the right information and consumer resources. To that end, we've included links to websites on the following issues
- Online credit information
sites
- Consumer product, testing, certification, and review
- Credit reports and credit bureau information for the majors like Equifax, Experian and Transunion
- Credit and ID theft, scams
- ID protection and theft prevention
So go ahead and take advantage of our hard work! While we can’t guarantee that there won’t ever be a problem with any of the sites in our directory, we do take great care in selecting them. You can help us further improve our listings by rating the sites you’re visiting (through the bar at the top of each website) so that we can keep tabs on what's good and what's not, and your fellow consumers can readily see what sites are worth their visit.
We're always open to adding useful consumer topics and websites to our consumer directory, so please, if you have any suggestions do let us know!
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