Investments and Business OpportunitiesWork at Home Schemes
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Facts for Consumers
- Costly Coupon Scams
[PDF]
Cautions the public about fraudulent promoters who claim consumers can earn big money clipping coupons, or selling "coupon certificate booklets." 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion
[PDF] [en español]
Medical billing opportunity promoters often misrepresent earnings potential and don't provde key, pre-investment information required by law. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Multilevel Marketing Plans
[PDF]
Explains how MLM plans and illegal pyramiding works. Offers tips to help you decide whether to join a MLM plan. 8.5"x11", 2 pages.
- Net Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities?
[PDF]
Cautions consumers about web-based business opportunities that promise more than they can possibly deliver, and what you can do to protect yourself. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Read Up! How to be an Informed Consumer [PDF] [en español]
A comprehensive, bilingual guide for Hispanic consumers with information on managing personal finances, major purchases and investments, consumer rights, and identity theft. 7"x10", 44 pages, color.
- Read Up and Reach Out: A Guide to Consumer Education and Outreach [PDF] [en español]
Mailer with CD for organizations with tips on how to conduct consumer education in the community and create partnerships. Includes calendar with suggested topics to speak about. Accompanies Read Up consumer guide. 7"x10", 6 pages, color.
- Seminar Pitch: A Real Curve Ball
[PDF]
Warns consumers about solicitations and infomercials promoting seminars and conferences that promise to help consumers make a lot of money. Tips to avoid getting hit by the seminar pitch. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Work At Home Schemes
[PDF] [en español]
Advises consumers interested in work-at-home opportunities (including medical billing, envelope stuffing , and craft or assembly work) to research these offers carefully. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
