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Broker Groups Fight It Out Over New Senate Legislation – Truckinginfo

July 15th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.

Broker Groups Fight It Out Over New Senate Legislation Truckinginfo “This legislation will bring an end to bad bonding companies, carriers brokering without a license or bond, scam artists that come in and out of the market …

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Debt Collection Abuses Widespread

July 15th, 2010. Published under Business Scams. No Comments.

Debt companies pursuing consumers with a small army of collectors have swamped small claims courts with lawsuits and left a trail of abuses that, in 2009, led consumers to file more than 120,000 complaints with federal regulators. “The Debt Machine: How the Collection Industry Hounds Consumers and Overwhelms Courts,” released today by the National Consumer Law Center, shows an urgent need for stronger and updated consumer protections. “The recession has thrown millions of consumers into the jaws of a giant collection machine,” said Robert Hobbs, NCLC deputy director and report co-author. “Existing laws and regulatory efforts have lagged behind what is needed to effectively monitor powerful, wealthy and ubiquitous collections companies.” “The Debt Machine” tells the stories of consumers who have been dragged into a morass of annoying phone calls, false claims and harassment. It also identifies the financial links between debt companies and some of the nation’s leading banks, documents the buying and selling of billions of dollars of debts and describes the critical role played by hundreds of specialized law firms. This timely report echoes the FTC’s July 12 call for enhanced protections for consumers who face collections actions in small claims courts and private “forced arbitration” forums. “Millions of American families have been subjected to debt collection abuses in recent years,” Hobbs said. “Some have been struggling to pay accumulated debts. Some who don’t even owe the debts have been targeted by a sloppy and over-aggressive debt industry.” “These families – unlike some of the giant banks that are the leading creditors – haven’t asked for a bail-out,” Hobbs added. “But they are entitled to their rights not to be hounded, abused or pursued for claims that they never owed or are no longer legally enforceable. Consumers also deserve their day in court to resolve legitimate disputes.” The report is posted on-line at www.nclc.org/images/pdf/pr-reports/debt-machine.pdf . The National Consumer Law Center is a non-profit organization that seeks marketplace justice on behalf of vulnerable Americans. NCLC works with, and offers training to, thousands of legal-service, government and private attorneys, as well as community groups and organizations representing low-income families. Our legal manuals and consumer guides are standards of the field. Learn more and find a link to the new report on our Web site: http://www.nclc.org .

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Utilities are trying to pull off the scam of the decade – Grist Magazine

July 15th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.

Utilities are trying to pull off the scam of the decade Grist Magazine The first thing is, Democrats in the Senate are now talking about passing a limited cap-and-trade system that only covers electric utilities. … and more

Dietary Supplement Maker to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges

July 15th, 2010. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.

As part of its ongoing efforts to stop bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission is requiring a major marketer of dietary supplements to pay $5.5 million to settle charges that it falsely advertised that its supplements could help consumers lose weight and treat or prevent colds and other illnesses. The $5.5 million will be used for refunds to consumers who purchased Accelis, nanoSLIM, and any Cold MD, Germ MD, and Allergy MD product.

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Bring 12 Essential Artificials to Klockmort Spannerspan in Ironforge. Please, go into Gnomeregan and get me some essential artificials. You’ll find them in the

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The next push of the various occupational change information