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Planning a vacation? Be sure you get what you pay for. Be wary of "bargain" vacation offers on postcards and certificates. Hidden charges can add up. Adopt a "no-surprise" travel policy. Get the total cost in writing and know what it includes before you pay. Walk away from high-pressure sales pitches that don't give you time to think or plan. Give bank or credit card information only to businesses you know and trust. Never give unsolicited callers your bank account or credit card number, and never send money by overnight express. Want more information? Check out these FTC Publications: Consumer Alert! Traveler's Advisory: Get What You Pay For Consumer Alert! Avoid a School Break Bust Telemarketing Travel Fraud Or visit these travel sites: American Society of Travel Agents National Tour Association US Tour Operators Association A professional association representing the tour operator industry.

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AARP home join AARP your membership community ... site map Browse by topic - select an item and press go - About AARP Learning Life Answers Volunteering or Search Facts About Fraudulent Telemarketing The Do's and Don'ts The Pitch and the Law Plan In Advance to Stop a Crime Related Indexes: Money and Work Consumer Watchdog Related Links: Bank Examiner Scams Credit Card Fraud Door to Door Sales Home Improvement Fraud ... Boiler Room Phone Scams Older Americans are the targets for a new kind of criminal. This criminal holds you up in your own home, but not with a gun. This criminal's weapon of choice is the telephone. There maybe more than 10,000 fraudulent telemarketing operations calling hundreds of thousands of American consumers every day. Older Americans are a prime target of these crooks. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that one out of six consumers is cheated by telemarketing criminals every year. In one case, the FBI found that fraudulent telemarketers were directing nearly 80% of their calls at older comsumers. Congress estimates that telemarketing crime cost American consumers more than $40 billion . That's enough to pay for the nursing home care of more than a million older Americans for an entire year. Many of the older people preyed upon by dishonest telemarketing companies are well-educated, with above-average incomes, and they are socially active in their communities. Therefore, the sales pitches these companies use are appropriately sophisticated. They include: phony prizes, illegal sweepstakes, sham investments, crooked charities, and "recovery rooms" where victims are scammed again by telemarketers with promises that, for a fee, they will help them recover the money they have lost.

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