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NCPW 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/27/2007
CONTACT: Marta Gherardi via our comments page:
Jaxhelp, LLC JOINS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SPONSOR NINTH ANNUAL
NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEK
Jaxhelp has joined a group of
federal, state, and local government agencies and national consumer
advocacy organizations to launch the ninth annual National Consumer
Protection Week (NCPW), February 4-10, 2007. NCPW highlights
consumer education efforts in the fight against fraud in communities
across the nation. This year, NCPW’s national organizers encourage
everyone to read up and reach out to be an informed consumer. By
gathering and sharing information, consumers – and their friends and
families – can be more confident, savvy, and safe in the marketplace.
According to the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC), consumer information can help
people recognize a rip-off, smell a scam, or find a fraud. Fraudulent
promotions seek to exploit people’s financial fantasies, needs, and
optimism. But informed consumers are better able to see through frauds
and deceptions, whether they take the form of questionable claims in an
ad, ‘breathless’ offers that come in the mail or email, or schemes that
sound like sure-fire successes. NCPW partner organizations provide
practical – and tactical – tips so consumers can learn and tell others
how to make well-informed purchase decisions, avoid scams, protect their
personal information, and file a complaint if they’re not satisfied.
Consumers can read up
and boost their marketplace IQ at
www.consumer.gov/ncpw
National organizers of this year’s NCPW are the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC), the Federal Citizen’s Information Center (FCIC), the U.S. Postal
Service (USPS), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC), the Comptroller of the Currency, the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators
(NACAA), the National Consumers League (NCL), AARP, the Better Business
Bureau (BBB), Call for Action, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA),
and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).
"Jaxhelp, LLC is proud to be a part of this
year’s National Consumer Protection Week campaign, along with our local
consumer community," said Marta Gherardi. "Consumers are our most
effective partners in this effort. We encourage everyone to read up and
reach out, learn how to deter fraud and deception in the marketplace –
and tell others.” For more information about NCPW, visit:
http://www.consumer.gov/ncpw
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