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Your Credit Record: A Report Card on Your Personal Finances
Special issue of FDIC Consumer News devoted to credit reports and credit scores.
www.fdic.gov/

Your Credit Card Companies
Provides a centralized resource center on aspects of consumer credit, including education, reporting and scores, identity theft, fraud, financial tools and resources.
yourcreditcardcompanies.com/

How to Get a Lower Interest Rate on a Credit Card
Tips, steps to take, warnings.
www.ehow.com/

How to Dig Yourself Out of Credit Card Debt
Denver Business Journal article geared towards the small business owner.
www.bizjournals.com/

Credit Card Loss Protection Offers: They're the Real Steal
FTC article alerting consumers on loss protection insurance scams.
www.ftc.gov/

Secured Credit Card Marketing Scams
Covers the deceptive advertising claims some marketers use to entice consumers with subprime histories.
www.ftc.gov/

Credit Card Blocking
1997 article from FTC about what blocking is, when it is used, and how to avoid it.
www.ftc.gov/

BBC Inside Out - Credit Card Cloning
A report on credit card fraud and card cloning.
www.bbc.co.uk/

Avoiding Credit and Charge Card Fraud
FTC advice on how to protect yourself from fraud.
www.ftc.gov/

Credit Card Secrets
Article from Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation gives advice to help consumers with tips that apply to any U.S. citizen.
www.mass.gov/