Here is a roundup of articles from around the web highlighting consumer scams, helpful recovery tips, ways businesses are trying help…and ways they aren’t!
- Chase Bank is waiving fees for it customers in areas affected by Sandy
- Freddie Mac is suspending foreclosures, waiving fees and delaying reports to credit agencies
- Meanwhile, Groupon is selling deals for restaurants in New York that will be closed for a long time.
- Government warns of contractor/equity loan scams in disaster home repairs
- Other ripoffs and scams to look out for after a disaster
- Post-disaster charity scams that are actually just looking for your credit card info
- Angry at your power company after the storm? Scammers offer you a way to switch power companies, but really just want all the information on your utility bills
- Governors in Sandy states insist it wasn’t a hurricane, to help people avoid hurricane insurance deductibles
- Tips on minimizing your after-storm costs
- Finally, Comcast wants you to know what’s truly important to them in a time like this: their equipment. If your house blows away, they will charge you for the cable box!
For a lot of folks, life won’t be returning to normal for a while. Hopefully tips like these will help.
(photo: NASA)
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I live at the beach in SC. This is the first time the people up north have had a disaster that we live with possibility of every year and experienced during Hugo. NY is more concerned about the race than they are helping people.
Welcome to the real world. You knew it was coming.