- Categories
- Bankruptcy, Debt, and Personal Credit (EPL)
- Licensed Databases
- Info File (EPL)
Search for the keywords CREDIT or CREDIT BUREAUS.
- Selected Web Sites
- Bill Collection and Debt Repayment - Consumer Tip Sheet
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Oversees Canadian financial institutions to ensure that they comply with federal consumer protection measures.
- Financial Services OmbudsNetwork
The Financial Services OmbudsNetwork is an independent, not-for-profit corporation providing financial consumers in Canada with access to complaint reolution services.
- Fraud quiz (Office of Consumer Affairs)
- Fraud Watch International
Focuses on internet fraud and identity theft through the use of fraudulent "phishing" scams, lottery scams and Nigerian letter scams.
- Frauds and Scams Information (RCMP)
Did you get the "Nigerian letter?" Find out what to do about it.
- Identity Theft - Service Alberta
Identity theft (ID theft) is on the increase. It's the fastest growing type of fraud in the marketplace and the number one consumer complaint in North America.
- Looks Too Good To Be True
This US-based site contains background information and alerts about Internet scams and fraud, covering topics such as identity theft, hacking, phishing, spam, spyware, job scams, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, online auctions, sweepstakes and lotteries, and counterfeit payments.
- Protect yourself against debit card fraud (Office of Consumer Affairs)
"Taking steps to protect your debit card and PIN will help reduce your risk of being a victim of fraud."
- RECOL
"Reporting Economic Crime Online (RECOL) is an initiative that involves an integrated partnership between international, federal and provincial law enforcement agencies, ... regulators and private commercial organizations that have a legitimate investigative interest in receiving a copy of complaints of economic crime."
- SafeCanada - Financial Safety
- Truth About Credit
A product of US state Public Interest Research Group, this site helps you avoid credit card ripoffs.
- What Creditors Can Do If You Don't Pay Your Debts - Consumer Tip Sheet
Suppose you buy a car, furniture or other items on credit and don't pay your debt. Or you have a bank loan or credit card balance outstanding and you don't make the payments. In such situations, the creditor may take legal action to recover the money that you owe. This publication describes the legal action a creditor may take if you don't pay your debts.
- Your Credit Report - Consumer Tip Sheet
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