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Buying Smart

Cybersmarts Tips	- FTC
E-Commerce & Internet Publications	- FTC
Going Shopping? Go Global! -- A Guide for E-Consumers	- FTC
Problems with Online Holiday Purchases?	- FTC
Tips for Shopping Online	- FTC

Online

“Auto-Surfing”: What You Need to Know	- SEC
Buying Medical Products Online	- FDA
Consumer Online Investment Alert	- FTC
Electronic Commerce: Selling Internationally -- A Guide for Businesses	- FTC
U.S. Government Electronic Commerce Policy	- DOC
Indian Initiative Website	- FCC
Internet Publications	- FTC
Fraud Could Slow Commerce	- FTC
Report on Consumers' Online Privacy	- FTC
Safe Internet Banking	- FDIC
Securing Your Wireless Network	- FTC
Site Seeing on the Internet?	- FTC
Traveling in Cyberspace?	- FTC
Trouble @ the In-Box	- FTC
Various Publications	- FTC

Telephone Services

Actions Continue to Target "Crammers"	- FTC
Charges On Your Phone Bill	- FCC
New "Single Bill" Fees on Phone Bills	- FCC
Understanding Your Telephone Bill	- FCC
Cramming: Unauthorized, Misleading, or Deceptive Telephone Bill Charges	- FCC
Hang Up On High Public/Pay Phone Rates	- FCC
Your New Relationship With Your Phone Company - "Detariffing"	- FCC
900 Number Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services	- FCC
Pre-Paid Phone Cards: What Consumers Should Know	- FCC
Calls Made From Payphones	- FCC
The FCC’s Universal Service Program for Low-Income Consumers	- FCC
809 Phone Scam - Beware - ALERT	- FCC
Don't Fall for the 90# Telephone Scam	- FCC
Predictive Dialing: Silence on the Other End of the Line	- FCC
Mexico Collect Call Scam	- FCC
Slamming - When Your Phone Service is Switched Without Your Permission	- FCC
Unwanted Faxes: What You Can Do	- FCC
Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls	- FCC
Keeping Your Phone Number When You Change Your Service	- FCC
Cell Phone Fraud	- FCC
Mobile Phones and Health Concerns	- FCC
What Your Telephone Company Knows About You (And Controlling How They Use It)	- FCC
Telephone Cramming	- FTC

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