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Previous Consumer Alerts

Alert Release Date

Notice of Surrender of Virtual Currency License

2022-01-12

Life Insurance and the COVID-19 Vaccine

2021-03-23

Unauthorized Charges for PPE

2020-08-05
Coronavirus Scams (updated 03/03/2021)

2020-03-09

Dutch Railways to Compensate Holocaust Survivors and Heirs

2019-08-15

Scammers Using Department of Financial Services Phone Number, Counterfeit DFS Licenses And Letterhead

2017-12-13

Equifax Data Security Breach: What You Need to Know

2017-09-21

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