Telemarketing travel fraud.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education

Series:

FTC facts for consumers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Package tours--Marketing--Corrupt practices--United States.

Package tours.

Tourism--Corrupt practices--United States.

Tourism.

Telemarketing--Corrupt practices--United States.

Telemarketing.

Telemarketing--Corrupt practices.

Tourism--Corrupt practices.

United States.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer and Business Education, [2000]

Summary:

The Bureau of Consumer Protection of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) presents the full text of the fact sheet entitled "Telemarketing Travel Fraud," published in August 2000 in PDF format. The fact sheet discusses fraudulent telemarketing travel offers. The telemarketer asks the consumer for a credit card number to bill the account for the travel package. Many offers require the consumer to pay upgrade costs to receive the actual destinations and accommodations. Some fraudulent sales pitches include oral misrepresentation, high pressure tactics, and contradictory follow-up material. The bureau highlights how consumers can protect themselves\.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 20, 2007).

"August 2000"--Page [4].

OCLC:

49188254