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It's not easy being a consumer today. At every turn, we're faced with privacy issues, scams and ID theft... (more)


 

» Consumer sites
» Credit reports
» Product testing, certification

» Credit counseling agencies
» ID theft
» Who else has your personal info?

 

Consumer sites

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Consumersearch.com 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

Get info on a business' reputation at the Better Business Bureau site at bbb.org

To find a professional to help with your insurance claims go to claims.org

The Consumer Federation of America consumerfed.org

The Federal Consumer Information Center pueblo.gsa.gov

The Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov

The National Consumers' League nclnet.org

For info on privacy issues:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. fdic.gov or call 1-800-ASK-FDIC or privacyrights.org

Find out if the supplements you buy actually contain the ingredients stated on the label at consumerlab.com

Consumer news, scams etc.at consumerworld.org

Help with consumer disputes callforaction.org

File a complaint, scam alerts, list of companies with best or worst service at consumeraffairs.com

Feel like your lender is ripping you off, check out

dontborrowtrouble.com

Are you owed a pension from a company that went bankrupt or was underfunded?

Check out pbgc.gov/search or ncrb.com who will search for lost benefits for a fee.

 

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Credit reports

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Equifax: 800-525-6285 or equifax.com
Fraud line: 888-766-0008

Experian (all issues): 888-397-3742 or experian.com

Trans Union: 800-916-8800 or transunion.com
Fraud line: 800-680-7289

Get your credit report free every year through annualcreditreport.com

Find out the average credit score in your state and nationwide at nationalscoreindex.com

If you need to fix your credit-report, check the Federal Trade Commission's site for  tips:

ftc.gov

To learn more about credit-ratings and how they work, go to:

fairisaac.com

 

 

Product testing, certification

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Certifies products and writes standards for food, water and consumer goods. Search for products certified by nsf.org

 

Credit counseling agencies

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myvesta.org or 1-800-698-3782

nfcc.org 0r 1-800-388-2227

aiccca.org 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

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Contact the Federal Trade Commission's identity-theft-hotline at 1-877-438-4338 or at ftc.gov

File a complaint at the federal government's database at

 consumer.gov/sentinel/idtchart.htm

Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov/idtheft

Get more info at idtheftcenter.org

Find out if there are any lawsuits against you at knowx.com

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

Experian (all issues): 1-888-397-3742 or experian.com

Trans Union Fraud line: 1-800-680-7289 or transunion.com

 

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

Get more info :

 Federal Consumer Info Center pueblo.gsa.gov

Privacy Rights Organization privacyrights.org

 

(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?

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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.

 

 

 

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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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