FTC Warns Against Stimulus Scams - Full Video

Earlier I posted the FTC Press Release that contained a warning about the surge in scams trying to piggyback on the economic stimulus package. Here is video of the FTC press conference held on 03/04/2009. On its FTC Office of Public affairs site, the FTC summarizes:

"Economic Stimulus Scams: Press Conference to unveil bogus Web sites and other scams claiming they can help individual consumers qualify for a share of stimulus package money. Many sites use photos of President Obama and Vice President Biden to give the appearance of authenticity. Sites also use logos from ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, USNews and other major media outlets to make them appear legitimate."

The Economic Stimulus Scams Press Conference transcript (PDF) is available as well (@FTC: you can do a better job transcribing that!).

They discuss some interesting points related to some of my earlier posts, I will get back to that later this week.

I had to split the video into 3 parts due to YouTube length restrictions of 10 minutes per segment.

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(That lady's jacket works very well with the color scheme I have going here!)