Fraud Prevention
Microsites
- Banish Office Scams
Provides information on how to spot, stop and avoid office scams.
- Charity Fraud
Offers useful tips for consumers, business people and nonprofit organizations considering a charitable donation.
Facts For Business
- Ads for Business Opportunities: How to Detect Deception [PDF]
[en español]
Provides advertising sales staff with claims athat are tip-offs to fraudulent business opportunity offers. 8.5"x11", 2 pages.
- Avoiding Office Supply Scams [PDF] [en español]
Describes ploys used by telemarketers, how to protect your organization, and what to do if you're victimized. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Donating to Public Safety Fund Raisers [PDF] [en español]
Offers tips to businesses about donating to public safety fundraisers and advertising in publications sponsored by nonprofit groups. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Raising Funds? What to Know About Hiring a Professional [PDF]
Helps nonprofits who hire professional fund-raisers to ensure they comply with the law. 8.5"x 11", 4 pages.
Business Alerts
- Five Steps to Avoiding Office Supply Scams
[PDF]
[en español]
- FTC Explains 'Made in USA' Standard To Confirm Consumer Confidence [PDF]
- Throwing the Book at Business Directory Scams [PDF]
- When Yellow Pages Invoices Are Bogus [PDF]
Articles You can reprint these articles in your newsletter, magazine or website.
- Protecting Your Organization From Fraud [PDF]
It may pay for businesses and other organizations to answer the following question: Could we be the victims of an office supply scam? If a group doesn't have adequate purchasing controls, the answer is probably yes.
