WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
If it is a really big scam, write to your
congressional representative. FTC Attorney Robin Spector,
who has prosecuted cases of modeling fraud, was asked:
"How does the FTC get involved with an
investigation?" She answered:
- We find targets for law enforcements through a
variety of ways -- through news stories, consumer
complaints, BBBs, we have referral relationships
with all of them; we have existing orders that we
monitor, and we watch TV and shop, so some are
self-generated. Most are referrals -- consumer
complaints or competitor complaints. There are
also certain industries we monitor -- like
dietary supplement industry, a lot of outrageous
claims -"cures for cancer" type claims,
so we monitor advertising in those industries. Congressmen
sometimes write in on behalf of their
constituents.
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