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Consumers Beware: You may receive letters that are very official-looking and apppear to be from the state's Business Filings Division and Annual Review Board. These letters are designed to trick you into thinking you have to pay hundreds of dollars for a simple business filing.
A month before President Obama was elected, we blogged about the horrendously expensive fraud in the Medicare system and suggested that the new president make that one of his priorities. Apparently, he has as federal agents are already showing impressive results in a nationwide crackdown on Medicare scammers.
Though the President only recently signed into law the "Cash for Clunkers" program. Scammers are already trying to get your private information under the guise of the program.
Foreclosure consultants offer to save you from foreclosure but the disturbing truth is that many of them are scammers. Know how to protect yourself.
There's only one Web site and phone number for UCAN -- the Utility Consumers' Action Network, based in San Diego, California, yet there are pretenders out there who may not have your best intentions at heart. READ MORE
Spam has moved to your phone line and one way they get past your personal defenses is by spoofing the Caller ID text
During the month of May, the federal government is sending one-time $250 stimulus payments to senior citizens and others who receive Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and other government benefits and scam artists are already poised to steal them in any way they can.
UCAN has some information to pass on to you about how to complain about the property tax reassessment letters many people are receiving. If your letter came from a PO Box in Los Angeles, the L. A. Department of Consumer Affairs provided us with the letter they are sending to all applicable consumers. This letter provides you with specific information, instructions and a contact phone number. By filing complaints with our city and state agencies, we provide the documentation they need to investigate and prosecute, as needed.
Best Windows and Doors, a local company owned by Michael Chavez, recently declared bankruptcy after scamming hundreds of its customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. UCAN has received so many complaints from victims that we are unable to personally intervene. If you are a victim, this is what you need to do to see that justice is done.
UCAN interviewed with Channel 10 news reporter Michael Chen regarding a new twist to the tax reassessment letters offering to lower your annual property taxes for a fee. The letters are very official looking and even include late fee penalties. As will be shown by Michael Chen, the service is free of charge through the San Diego County Assessor's office. Go to http://www.10news.com/video/18747844/ to see the entire story including an 82-year old victim who paid the requested $186.00 for a promised annual savings of over $600 on her property taxes. She hasn't heard from the company since she sent and received her canceled check showing it was deposited quickly.
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