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Consumer Action creates unbiased, reader-friendly educational guides on a wide range of personal finance topics and other subjects of interest to consumers. All publications are available in English, and many are available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean as well.
In addition to being available, at no charge, to individual consumers, our publications are distributed through a national network of more than 6,000 community-based organizations. Government agencies, nonprofits and other groups who wish to distribute our materials for educational purposes can use the downloadable PDF file on the publication webpage to instantly produce a professional-looking brochure using an office printer.
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- Slammed!: What to do when your long distance service is switched without your permission
- Slammed! (Spanish): Qué puede hacer si le cambian el servicio de larga distancia sin su permiso
- Banking On Your Investments
- Steps to a Secure Financial Future
- Don’t get ripped off by a bad private vocational school
- Steps to a Secure Financial Future (Spanish)
- Banking on Your Investments (Spanish)
- Don’t Get Ripped off by a Bad Private Vocational School (Spanish)
- Keeping Your Bank & Credit Card Accounts Safe from Fraud: A manual for community-based organizations
- It’s Your Health - How to get the most out of your HMO
- It’s Your Health - How to get the most out of your HMO (Spanish)
- Getting the Best Value from Prepaid Phone Cards
- Getting the Best Value from Prepaid Phone Cards (Spanish)
- Preventing Credit Card Fraud: Learn how to protect yourself
- Credit Repair Scams: They Make Your Money Disappear
- Preventing Credit Card Fraud (Spanish): Aprenda a protegerse
- Credit Repair Scams (Spanish): hacen que su dinero desaparezca
- Questions and Answers About Home Equity Loan Fraud: CBO leader's guide to accompany 'Don't Lose Your Home: How to Avoid Home Equity Loan Fraud' fact sheet
- You Can Do It: Managing Debt, Building Wealth
- You Can Do It: Managing Debt, Building Wealth - Leader's Guide
- You Can Do It (Spanish): Cómo Controlar las Deudas y Enriquecerse
- Checking Accounts (2000): The better, safer way to handle your money
- Successful Saving and Investing (2000)
- Checking Your Phone Bill
- Successful Saving and Investing (2000) (Spanish): Como crear un buen ahorro y ayudarlo crecer