Enforcing the Impersonation Rule to Protect Consumers from Scams

Scams impersonating businesses and government are consistently among the top frauds reported to the Federal Trade Commission. In 2024, these scams resulted in $2.95 billion in consumer losses. The FTC’s Government and Business Impersonation Rule prohibits the impersonation of, or misrepresentation of an affiliation with, government, businesses, and their officials or agents.

Please note that this webinar will not be recorded and will only be available to watch live.

What You Will Learn

• What the FTC’s Government and Business Impersonation Rule covers
• How to know if your client is the target of an impersonation scheme, and steps you can take.
• What enforcement actions the FTC has taken since the impersonation rule went into effect
• How to get free resources about avoiding impersonation scams that you can share with your clients

Speakers

Sara Tonnessen, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission

Alvaro Puig, Consumer Education Specialist, Division of Consumer and Business Education, Federal Trade Commission

Registration 

Please note that this event is free to members and non-members. If you are a non-member that has not been verified to register for NACA webinars, please create an account on consumeradvocates.org and email [email protected] to get your account verified.

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