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Tags: Protection-for-consumers, protection-for-older-people, protection-for-recipients-of-health-care, fraud, health-fraud, internet-safety, telemarketing-safety

These are some of the most powerful agencies in the nation that protect people from wrongdoings in businesses.

	Agency: Council of Better Business Bureau (CBBB)
	phone: 703-276-0110
	Website: http://www.bbb.org
	Goal: help consumers make informative purchasing decisions
	Agency: Department of Justice (DOJ)
	phone: 202-514-2000
	Email: ASKDJ@usdoj.gov
	Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/
	Goal: prosecute institutions whose unprofessionalism caused older people to suffer from harm or death. Prosecute companies that discriminate against older people. Protect people from health care fraud.
	Agency: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
	phone: 1877 FTC HELP or 202-326-2222
	Email: webmaster@ftc.gov
	Website: http://www.ftc.gov
	Goal: Help to ensure that advertisments, packaging companies, and labeling companies are truthful. Offer publications to help consumers in home refinancing, paying off debt, buying a used car, and credit history fundamental.
	Agency: National Bar Association (NBA)
	Phone: 202-842-3900
	Website: http://www.nationalbar.org
	Goal: assist people of low income and older people. Offer valuable publications on 1. Saving the Home, 2. Defending Against Fraud and Scams, a book about second mortgages
	Agency: National Consumer's League (NCL)
	Phone: 1-800-876-7060 or 202-835-3323
	Email: info@nclnet.org
	Website: http://www.natlconsumersleague.org
	Goal: Help consumers, businesses, and organizations with problems of privacy, consumer credit, food safety and drug safety. Help victims of telemarketing and internet fraud and address those issues to law enforcement.
	Agency: National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF)
	Phone: 201-723-2955
	Website: http://www.ncahf.org
	Goal: Allow people to call in to report health fraud. Teach people about health fraud, misinformation and quackery.
	These are some of the most powerful agencies in the nation that protect people from wrongdoings in businesses.

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