The F.T.C. The tears Travel Scams
TRAVEL has long been a fertile field FlimFlam, Cottage what was an industry in recent times, mushrooms ground to a growth industry. At a press conference in Washington last month, the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 12 countries, the cost estimate for passengers with regard to fraud in more than $ 12 billion per year and has announced a legal framework for public relations and the attack against the firms, Beschwindelnd consumers.Voyage”fraud, there are more packages in many past,’’said Jodie Bernstein, director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, and added that the trip price consistently among the first five categories of consumer complaints.
The USA has announced that legal steps have been against the alleged violation of California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
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