Scam Alerts
Top Resources
- Financial Literacy Resource Webinar - Consumer Protection and Scams!
- Minimum Wage Increase
- New Changes in Workplace Rights for Parents and Caregivers
- NEW LAW in January: Up to 90% wage replacement for paid family leave for low-income workers, up to 70% for other workers!
- NEW LAW in January: 10 days for tenants to file responses in eviction cases
- NEW LAW in January: Most medical debt should not be reported on credit reports!
- Eviction Response Tool
- Know Your Rights as a California Tenant: Evictions
- What is the California Earned Income Tax Credit?
- Tenant Background Checks and Your Rights
- Find out about the latest scams to avoid.
Legal Services Fraud Alert for Renters
- If you are worried about or facing eviction, here is what you need to know to get legitimate help and avoid being a victim of fraud:
Legal Services Fraud Alert for Homeowners
- If you are a homeowner here is what you need to know to get legitimate help and avoid being a victim of fraud:
- Find out ways to protect yourself from immigration fraud
- Moving to a new place? Learn how to avoid rent scams.
Scammers dressed as ICE agents
- Scam artists pretend to be your relative or grandchild, and ask you to send money for an emergency.
Financial aid and scholarship fraud
- There are companies out there that help fill out FAFSA for a fee even though the services provided by FAFSA.gov is free.
- Find out about scams that target student borrowers
- Find out what a social security scam sounds like