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This year, the United States celebrates 250 years of independence. Learn more about our agency's history and commemoration events happening across the nation.
Explore refund statistics including where refunds were sent and the dollar amounts refunded with this visualization.
The FTCs mission is to vigorously enforce the law to protect Americans from anticompetitive, unfair, and deceptive business practices, without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.
Andrew N. Ferguson is Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Scammers are impersonating the FTC. The FTC will never threaten you, say you must transfer money to protect it, or tell you to withdraw cash or buy gold and give it to someone. Thats a scam.
Use our visualizations to explore scam and fraud trends in your state based on reports from consumers like you.
Track enforcement and policy developments by viewing records from the Commissions open meetings agendas, transcripts, videos, reports, and public comments.
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