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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Consumer News From Pueblo</title><link>http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov</link><description>Each "New for Consumers" release highlights FCIC's great information--including USA.gov, 1-800-FED-INFO and publications featured in the Consumer Information Catalog.</description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>rebecca.ewing@gsa.gov</webMaster><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:32:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>BBB Alerts Consumers about U.S. Census Workers: Be Cooperative, But Cautious</title><link>http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/newsnotes/nn17045.htm</link><description>The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. With the U.S. Census process beginning, BBB advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{71a8b4b8-a9f1-6743-bbee-fd6ea3b344f}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:31:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scam Alert: Credit Repair’s Dirty Business</title><link>http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/scams/sc17048.htm</link><description>In the last year, there has been an increase of 50 percent in reports of credit repair scams. These duplicitous companies make false promises of having inside connections and knowing legal loopholes to clean your credit. They claim they can improve a score by erasing bad debt, bankruptcies or foreclosures from your credit history, in a matter of months and usually for an advance fee of up to $2,000.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{b17f79e-c79-55d-d7bf-6cdeb19241e2}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:32:14 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>