Need help spotting, avoiding, and reporting scams? Start with Money Matters

Image

As 2022 winds down, many of us are still feeling the financial effects of the pandemic: from finding work to buying or renting a home; from getting loans to simply making ends meet. And as we work to recover our footing, scammers are trying to take advantage. But help is on the way.

The FTC’s new website, ftc.gov/Money Matters (in Spanish: ftc.gov/AsuntosDeDinero) has your back as you spot, avoid, and report scams — and as you help others protect their bottom line. Let’s say you need to see if a job offer you got is legit: start at Money Matters. Maybe you want to help a friend know how to spot scams when trying to rent an apartment: start at Money Matters.

Or you could be up for doing a presentation in your community. Because you know what the FTC knows: that when people have heard and talked about scams with someone they trust (that’s you, by the way), they’re less likely to pay a scammer. Money Matters has your back there, too, with ready-to-go presentations you can give on everything from credit to car-buying to prize scams.

If you’re more into sharing online, you’ll find graphics on all the topics, in English and Spanish, to share with your social media followers. Along with this video, which we hope you’ll watch and share. Because none of us are immune to the far-reaching financial impact of COVID-19, and scammers target all of us. So help the people you care about know how to spot, avoid, and report scams: share Money Matters however you can in your community. It’ll make a difference.

Read this post in Spanish

Where this page came from

This page was imported from Federal Trade Commission. Published by the Federal Trade Commission and, as a work of the United States government, in the public domain; material credited to others is left out.

Nobody has written it yet — it is the source material at a new address, which is why search engines are asked to skip it and why no one earns from it. It is up for grabs: take it on, and it is yours to rewrite and to earn from.