Consumer Resource Links
Consumer Action: Reasons You Can't Get Your Credit Report Fixed
Annual Credit Report (AnnualCreditReport.com)
Free annual credit reports are available at www.annualcreditreport.com
or you can call 1-877-322-8228. There is a charge for a credit score,
you may stagger the credit reports and order one every four months,
and these companies will also sell the credit score information.
The report from each company can vary. AnnualCreditReport.com is
the only service of it's type authorized by the three major credit
reporting companies; each provides Fraud Alert service for consumers'
credit reports:
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Equifax at www.equifax.com and 1-800-685-1111; to place at Fraud Alert on your credit report, call 1-888-766-0008.
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Experian at www.experian.com; to place a Fraud Alert on your credit report, call 1-888-397-3742.
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Trans Union at www.transunion.com and 1-800-916-8800;
to place a Fraud Alert on your credit report, call 1-800-680-7289.
Arizona Attorney General
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Department of Weights
and Measures
Arizona Public Interest Research
Group
Arizona State Legislature
Better Business Bureau of Central/Northern Arizona
To check on unfamiliar sellers and charities, see the
www.arizonabbb.org,
or the national Better Business Bureau directory at www.bbb.org for a BBB nearest to your location.
Consumer Action Website
To check on unfamiliar sellers and charities, see the Consumer Action Website, a service of Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC),
at www.consumeraction.gov.
Consumer Federation of America
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumers Union
Direct Marketing Association
To opt out of direct marketing lists, go to www.dmachoice.org/MPS/proto1.php.
To opt out by phone, call 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
Fair Isaac
For credit scores only, go to Fair Isaac at www.myfico.com. Be prepared to pay a fee for the information.
Federal Trade Commission
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly National Association of Securities Dealers)
Information about brokers, investment advisers and their firms,
contact them at www.finra.org
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Helpful information on numerous consumer topics, such as suspicions
about the safety of buying drugs by mail, telephone or internet,
www.fda.gov/medwatch,
and to report counterfeit drugs purchased on the internet via online
form, see www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/buyonlineform.htm,
or call the Medwatch number.
Investment Adviser Public Disclosure
For Information about investment adviser firms go to www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
National Consumers League Fraud Center
See the Fraud Center help page at www.fraud.org/info/contactnfic.htm
to file a consumer complaint online.
National Do Not Call Registry
To subscribe to the National Do Not Call Registry, go to www.donotcall.gov. You'll need to renew every five years.
National Fraud Information Center
For information on fake check scams and other consumer fraud topics, go to www.fraud.org.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
For insight into Identity Theft, visit OCC at www.occ.gov/Consumer/idtheft.htm.
Phishing Info (phishinginfo.org)
A service of Internet Fraud Watch, of National Consumers League,
phishinginfo.org assists consumers in being ready to say 'No' when
suspicious phone callers try 'phishing' to get your personal identification
information. For tips to protect yourself, see www.phishinginfo.org.
Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO)
Stay Safe Online
To avoid cyber crime, or internet fraud, see www.staysafeonline.org.
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