Exam 15: Consumer Fraud

Discovery (gaining and verifying information) is part of the:

Accumulating documentation is part of which stage of the identity theft cycle?

According to the Federal Trade Commission, the largest type of consumer fraud is:

Which act gives companies the right to sell consumer information for a profit?

All of the following are ways to minimize your risk of identity theft, except:

Identity theft is used to describe those circumstances when someone uses another person's:

Snake Oil plans are plans that usually include:

Which of the following method involves using the Internet to steal information?

Cookies on the World Wide Web can be used to:

Common identity theft methods include all of the following, except:

Which act gives individuals the right to opt-out of having their information sold?

The elderly are often targets for consumer fraud because of all of the following, except:

A Nigerian money offer scam normally does all of the following, except:

Often, fraudsters contacting potential identity theft victims and act as a representative of a business to verify previously gathered information. This is known as:

Cover up or concealment actions involve any actions:

Which act makes it illegal for any agency that receives federal funding to disclose privacy information about individuals?

Federal law limits consumers' debit card fraud liability to:

The process whereby representatives of Multi-level Marketing companies are required to buy large, expensive amounts of inventory is called:

Which act provides exact procedures for correcting mistakes on credit reports?

Which organization should victims of identity theft contact first?