NCAC NEWS(Vol.22,No.6)
INDEX
Consumer Affairs Climate
- 10 Main topics for 2010 related to consumer issues
- Summary of "E-mail for consumer problems" for the first half of 2010
Activities of the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (hereinafter 'NCAC')
Surveys
- Beware of trouble regarding "credit card cashing!" Part 2: In addition to cashing for obtaining a loan, there are also cases in which users use cashing through introduction
- Beware of stay-at-home work for mobile sites! Some consumers forced to produce cash when paying for site production cost
- Trouble regarding services that suddenly appear at the door to purchase precious metals: They will not return once the metals are in their hands
- Beware of door-to-door sales of tuna and bonito! Threatening selling methods with knife in hand to offer a sample to taste
- Do not respond to fictitious invoices from the "Kokumin Seikatsu Soudan Center"
- Beware of "horse racing forecast information services" that lure consumers through unjust solicitation: Do not be lured by sales talk such as "sure profits", "fixed races", and "setup races"
- Beware once again of phone calls proclaiming to be the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (NCAC) regarding survey on damage relief!
- Service charges billed with every bid...! Beware of trouble related to "penny auctions!"
- Confirm gift certificates and gift vouchers which will become invalid! Rapid increase in inquiries and complaints made to local consumer centers
Product testing
- Safety of rotating clothes hangers
