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    {"title" :"Income Scams Are Subject of New FTC Fotonovela","summary" : "The FTC’s second Spanish-language fotonovela is about scams that promise you can make money selling high-end products or brand-name merchandise. If the pitch sounds familiar, that’s because the story is based on facts from a recent [Federal Trade Commission] FTC lawsuit against a","date" : "2015-10-14T10:00:28-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"alvaro-puig" : "Alvaro Puig"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/10/2015-10-14-income-scams-are-subject-of-new-ftc-fotonovela.md","slug" : "income-scams-are-subject-of-new-ftc-fotonovela","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/14/income-scams-are-subject-of-new-ftc-fotonovela/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/10/600-x-425-FTC-fotonovela-Fatima.jpg\"\n    alt=\"FTC fotonovela Fatima Says No to an Income Scam\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe FTC’s second Spanish-language fotonovela is about scams that promise you can make money selling high-end products or brand-name merchandise. If the pitch sounds familiar, that’s because the story is based on facts from a recent [Federal Trade Commission] \u003ca href=\"http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/work-home-opportunity-thats-not-so-golden\"\u003eFTC lawsuit\u003c/a\u003e against a company that targeted Spanish speakers nationwide.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncome Scams tells the story of Fatima, a consumer who is looking for a way to earn some extra money. She gets a phone call:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I have a great opportunity for you to make money with our company. We’re very well known in your area. You can buy brand name products like purses and perfumes from us at wholesale prices. Then you sell them to your friends and family and make a profit.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/10/250-x-387-FTC-fotonovela-Fatima-Says-No-to-an-Income-Scam-panel-in-Spanish.jpg\"\n    alt=\"FTC fotonovela Fatima Says No to an Income Scam panel in Spanish\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\nFatima wants to follow through, but she can’t afford the fee. The caller tells her she can pay by money order when the merchandise is delivered.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.consumidor.ftc.gov/articulos/spdf-0197-estafa-de-ingresos.pdf\"\u003eFatima Says No to an Income Scam\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e to learn what happens next, what to do if you get a random phone call offering a way to make money, and how to complain to the FTC about it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShare Fatima’s story with your friends, family, coworkers, or neighbors. Order free copies in Spanish at \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bulkorder.ftc.gov/\"\u003eftc.gov/bulkorder\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.\u003cem\u003eThis post was originally published on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/\"\u003eFTC Consumer Information blog\u003c/a\u003e by Alvaro Puig, Consumer Education Specialist.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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