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DPI - Wednesday, April 2, 1997 NEW CREDIT REPAIR RULES GET TOUGHYesterday, a new federal law went into effect outlawing deceptive claimsmade by credit repair organizations and giving consumers important new legalrights."Every year, people fall prey to credit repair scams," said Jodie Bernstein,Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "The schemes oftentarget consumers who are unemployed, divorced, or have medical bills. Thesecon artists charge hundreds of dollars and claim they can 'fix' creditreports so that accurate, timely information about the consumer's credithistory will no longer appear. These claims are false."The new law is the first federal law targeting credit repair scams. Itcovers both companies operating within one state and those engaged ininterstate commerce. The law applies regardless whether the credit repairorganization dealt with a consumer over the phone, through the mail, inperson or on the Internet. The most important new consumer rights under thestatute: It prohibits all credit repair organizations from taking money from consumers before services are fully performed. It requires credit repair organizations to give consumers written disclosure explaining their legal rights concerning their credit histories, before any contracts are signed. It requires credit repair organizations to give consumers written contracts with all the terms and conditions of payment a detailed description of the services to be provided, including any guarantees of performance and an estimate of how long it will take to perform. It gives consumers a three day cooling off period or right to cancel any agreements they sign with a credit repair organization. It states that any contract made between a consumer and a credit repair organization that doesn't comply with the law is void.The FTC has identified 47 credit repair companies operating on the Internet,either by their websites or postings in the Usenet, and informed them of thenew law and how to comply. Similar warnings were also sent to over onethousand credit repair organizations not on the Net.The FTC has also released a new book, titled "Getting Back in the Black"that explains how to get financially solvent legally, consumer's legalrights, and the most common scams. The FTC has also launched a new credit repair consumereducation website.For more information, check out the FTC press release. +========================================================+ || The above message is posted as a public service || || by the BIZynet(tm) international business network. || +========================================================+
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