Security Tips for Telecommuters During the COVID-19 Outbreak

WORKING FROM HOME? Keeping your home online workplace secure during the COVID-19 outbreak. While working from home can – and hopefully will – help slow the spread of the coronavirus, it brings new challenges: juggling work while kids are home from school; learning new software and collaboration programs; and managing paper files at home. As… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on March 23, 2020

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum urges businesses to refund or credit cancellations due to coronavirus-related restrictions

Today Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released the following statement thanking airlines, event organizers, hotels, day cares and other businesses that have displayed good corporate citizenship by refunding consumers or issuing credit for cancellations made with the safety of our community in mind: “Oregonians have canceled vacations, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, concerts and sporting events for the… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on March 18, 2020

Attorney General Rosenblum Asks Governor Brown to Declare Abnormal Disruption of the Market

Oregon DOJ also creates a new price gouging hotline Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today sent a letter to Governor Kate Brown asking Governor Brown to immediately declare an “abnormal disruption of the market” in Oregon pursuant to ORS 401.965. Oregon law authorizes the Oregon Governor to declare an abnormal disruption of the market in response… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release, News on March 16, 2020

Coronavirus: Scammers Love Scary News

Unfortunately, as is often the case when challenging events strike communities, fraudsters are lurking in the shadows waiting to take advantage of whomever might be vulnerable to their latest scam. Enter the coronavirus! Scammers are setting up websites to sell bogus products, and using fake emails, texts, and social media posts as a ruse to… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on March 9, 2020

How to Avoid Gift Card Scams

Today is National Use Your Gift Card Day and many retailers are encouraging you to use your unused gift cards before they are forgotten. That is certainly a good thing to do-gift cards are fun to use because they feel like “free money” even though somebody (maybe even you) paid for them. However, the Attorney… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on January 18, 2020