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Consumer Action’s Alerts highlight trends in consumer complaints, scams, outrageous fees and other notable consumer information.

Emergency assistance for tenants and homeowners (Apr 25, 2022)
Emergency housing funds have rescued millions from losing their homes during the pandemic. Consumer Action digs into what kind of
New Consumer Action video offers tips for avoiding fraud during National Consumer Protection Week and year-round (Mar 09, 2022)
Do you think consumers who lose money to a scammer can never get it back? Have you ever wondered why
Big banks announce significant changes to overdraft services (Jan 31, 2022)
A growing list of banks are reducing and ending overdraft fees. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, consumers were

Watch out for tax scams during the pandemic (Jun 30, 2021)
The Internal Revenue Service's 2021 “Dirty Dozen” list warns taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions to be
Nuevas y no tan nuevas estafas de las que hay que cuidarse (Scams to watch out for) (Jun 04, 2021)
NOTE: For an English version of the scams covered in this alert, see our May 2021 Scam Gram! newsletter here. Consumer
Cuídese de tres nuevas estafas durante la pandemia (Three new COVID scams) (Apr 27, 2021)
NOTE: For an English version of the scams covered in this alert, see the "Tips!" section in our

Changes to California law protect consumers who owe time-barred debts (Oct 31, 2018)
A recent change to California law significantly limits the ability of debt collectors to collect a time-barred debt from a
Protecting yourself from predatory towing (Dec 17, 2017)
From Consumer Connection, a publication of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Tow truck drivers risk their lives every day
New privacy protections for CalFresh and CalWORKs beneficiaries (Sep 22, 2016)
CalFresh (California’s food stamp program) and CalWORKs (the state’s welfare to work program) help disadvantaged families