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Pre-Paid Cards - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows what happens when someone gets a prepaid card without checking out the fees first.
Understanding Card Add-Ons - Personal Finance Tips
When you buy a car, the dealer also might try to sell you optional products or services known as “add-ons”— which might break your budget. Here’s what you need to know.
Car Title Loans - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows what happens if you borrow money in exchange for your car title.
Budgets - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows how keeping a budget helps someone pay all their bills.
Approved Then Denied: Yo-Yo Financing
How to avoid a scam known as yo-yo financing when you buy a car.
Consumer Tips: Car Financing
Before you shop for a car, you need to shop for financing. Here’s what you need to know.
Warning Signs of Phone Fraud
Telephone scammers target millions of people every year with offers of credit, "free" prizes, and other incentives to get them to send money or give up their account information. Learn how to recognize phone scams.
How to Rent An Apartment With Bad Credit - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows how to rent an apartment even if you don't have a good credit history.
Identity Theft - How to Protect Yourself
Identity theft affects millions of people each year. You can learn how to make protecting yourself from identity thieves part of your daily routine.
What You Need to Know About Minimum Payments - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows what happens when someone makes just the minimum payment on a credit card balance.
Bank Accounts - Personal Finance Tips
This video shows how someone compares the costs when choosing a place open savings and checking accounts.
Hacked Email: What To Do
Are your friends and family getting emails from you that you didn't send? Or maybe you want to check your email, but you can't log in? Chances are your email's been hacked. Here’s what to do.
What To Do After a Data Breach
Did you get a notice that says your personal information was exposed in a data breach? Visit IdentityTheft.gov/databreach to learn what you can do to protect your identity.
Debt settlement fraud affects every community
An account of one woman's experience with a debt relief scam and the lawyer who helped her.
