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  • Attorney General, In Formal Opinion, Says Voting Hours Cannot Be Extended, But Voters In Line At 8 PM Will Be Permitted To Vote - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in a formal legal opinion issued today, warned that -- no matter how high the turnout -- voters may only be permitted to vote after the close of the polls if they are in line by the 8 p.m. deadline.

  • Peanut Butter Salmonellois Outbreak: Product testing by several states has now confirmed that two brands, made by ConAgra Foods, Peter Pan brand peanut butter and all jars of Great Value brand peanut butter bearing product code that begins with "2111" are potentially contaminated. As of February 26, 2007, the United States Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that 329 individuals from 41 States have become ill from consuming the contaminated peanut butter. Connecticut has only two (2) confirmed cases. For helpful information involving the outbreak, please review the following from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Administration web pages: Salmonellosis Outbreak Investion, and FDA Update on Salmonella.  You may also wish to call the Connecticut Department of Public Health Food Protection Program for more helpful information. They can be reached at 860-509-7297.

  • Attorney General Warns Consumers To Verify And Report Questionable, Possibly Improper, Charges On Phone Bills - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today warned consumers to closely scrutinize their telephone bills for questionable or unauthorized charges that may have been improperly imposed by companies through "billing aggregators," third parties that contract with telephone companies to bill for certain service charges.

  • Ameriquest Settlement Update- A Website and toll free number are available for consumers regarding the January 2006, Multi-State Settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage Company. For information regarding the settlement, restitution process, or to obtain answers to frequently asked questions, consumers may call 1-800-420-5875, or visit the Website at www.ameriquestmultistatesettlement.com

  • Identity Theft Alert- Click here to learn how to avoid being a victim of identity thieves, who obtain your important personal information such as social security numbers, and bank or credit card account numbers, and use it to commit fraud or theft.
  • MySpace.com (PDF-73 KB) - Attorney General's Helpful Guide for Parents.

  • Privacy Protection (PDF-23KB) -- Credit card companies and financial institutions have been sending consumers privacy notices and sometimes confusing information regarding selling and sharing of private information between companies. Look here for some explanation as to what the policies are about, what "opting out" means, and how you can protect your rights under the law. Click here for a copy of a generic Opt-Out Letter (PDF-3KB)

  • Hilb Rogal and Hobbs, Inc. Settlement Information
    Additional information on the HRH settlement for HRH customers.

  • Check-Overpayment and Money Wiring Scams
    Attorney General Richard Blumenthal warned consumers about a scam in which swindlers “buy” items on the Internet with counterfeit cashier's checks greater than the purchase price and then ask sellers to return the difference.

  • Consumer Alert - Shopping Coupons
    Attorney General Richard Blumenthal warned Connecticut consumers again to never give out bank account or credit card information over the telephone. Attorney General Blumenthal's warning comes in response to a new telephone scam in which scammers offer hundreds of dollars worth of bogus shopping vouchers or gift certificates from stores, such as J.C. Penney and Kmart. The scammers then ask consumers to provide their bank information in order to quickly pay a $4.95 processing fee. The information is then used to withdraw much larger amounts from consumers' bank accounts.

  • Consumer Alert - Flood Damaged Vehicles
    A new tool is available for consumers to use in determining whether vehicles they are thinking about buying are actually flood damaged vehicles from the Gulf Coast. In addition to checking the title history consumers should look for other warning signs that a vehicle may have been flood damaged.

  • Ficticious IRS Forms and Bogus Bank Letter Alert
    You may be the unwitting subject of a new fraud scheme that uses fictitious IRS Forms and fraudulent bank correspondence. These incidents are not limited to the customers of small community banks. Documents are being circulated nationwide in an attempt to steal your identity and money by having you disclose personal and banking information. Accordingly, when the perpetrator of the fraud contacts your bank in person, telephonically or through electronic means, they have all the necessary customer information to appear credible.

  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Consumer Advisory
    CFTC Warns the Public About Investment Opportunities Promising Large Profits and Little Risk, Even When Offered by Friends and Acquaintances. Click here for the CFTC Press Release. If you think you may have been the victim of a commodities scam, you may contact the Securities and Business Investments Division of the Connecticut Department of Banking at (860) 240-8230 or toll free at 800-831-7225. You may also reach them online - Department of Banking

  • Email - Scare Tactics
    Attorney General Richard Blumenthal warned consumers to be wary of an email that asks them for the expiration date and account numbers for their credit cards. This scam email asks for this information on the ruse that the consumer who is targeted is a "child pornography webmaster or deal [sic] with dirty money." The email lists a telephone number in a foreign country for consumers to call with questions. "Consumers should not be intimidated by these scare tactics into giving out their credit information to strangers" said Blumenthal. The best advice for consumers receiving this email is simply to delete it.

  • Bogus Offer Of Free Health Insurance And A Shopping Spree
    Consumers should always be suspicious when a caller - particularly an unsolicited caller - asks for bank account information," Blumenthal said. "Under no circumstances should consumers give out banking information, even if the caller appears to know that you have an account at a certain bank. A bogus promise to provide free health insurance and a $1,000.00 shopping spree is not worth losing the money in your bank account.




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