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		<title>Celebrate National Consumer Protection Week with Your BBB</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2012/03/01/celebrate-national-consumer-protection-week-with-your-bbb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is joining with over 30 federal, state, and local government agencies, and national organizations to promote consumer education during the 14th annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 4-10. “We’re very excited to be a part of National Consumer Protection Week,” said Kim States, BBB President. “This week is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Fraud Task Force Urges Consumers To Know Their Rights When Dealing With Debt Collectors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With complaints over debt collection practices skyrocketing, Better Business Bureau of Southern urges consumers  to protect themselves against bogus and unscrupulous collectors. The Consumer Fraud Task Force says that consumers need to know their rights if they are contacted by businesses attempting to recover debts. The Federal Trade Commission’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act sets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Committee Condemns Third-Party Billing Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third party vendors are collecting billions of dollars in erroneous charges placed on mobile and landline phone bills and consumers are getting little help from their telephone service providers with removing and preventing such charges, according to a report released July 12 by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The report further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity Theft Continues to Victimize Millions Each Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When something happens 10 million times per year, it’s worth noting, and in recent years, that’s how many victims of identity theft have reported the abuse to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  Further, ID theft has remained the number one complaint to the FTC for the past five years. It can start the old-fashioned way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB advises public on checks received from the FTC</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2010/05/21/bbb-advises-public-on-checks-received-from-the-ftc-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began mailing more than 34,000 checks to consumers who lost money in cross-border fraud schemes involving payments made via wire through MoneyGram International, Inc. Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona has been receiving inquiries from the public as to the validity of these checks. They are legitimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Agency Launches Web Site to Teach Kids How Advertising Works</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2010/04/27/federal-agency-launches-web-site-to-teach-kids-how-advertising-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission is behind an effort to educate children in grades four through six on how advertising works. The initiative seeks to teach children to make better, more informed choices whey they shop or have their parents buy them stuff, according to The New York Times. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Advises Consumers to Organize Records, Shred Outdated Documents</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2010/03/31/bbb-advises-consumers-to-organize-records-shred-outdated-documents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your filing system consists of piles of paper on the kitchen counter – or bulging file folders in an unlocked drawer – you could be setting yourself up for identity theft, Better Business Bureau warns. “Identity theft prevention starts with safekeeping your records,” said Kim States, BBB President.  “Important documents shouldn’t be left out [...]]]></description>
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