Phone complaints top state's list.Byline: Joe Mosley Mos·ley , Sir Oswald Ernald 1896-1980. British politician and the founder and leader of the British fascist party. The Register-Guard Upset with your phone company? You're not alone. Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. topped Oregon's 2004 list of consumer complaints to the state attorney general's office, its fifth straight year at the top of the list. Disputed long distance charges resulted in 601 complaints, but cellular telephones drew 427 of the total 1,615 complaints generated by telecommunications products and services. Complaints against financial institutions - particularly credit card companies - ranked second on the attorney general's list, while Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the auction disputes were third on the list. Identity theft was not listed as a separate category, but Attorney General Hardy Myers Hardy Myers (born October 25 1939 in Electric Mills, Mississippi) is a lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving his third term as attorney general of the state of Oregon, United States. noted that Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. ranks 15th in the nation in cases of the fast-growing and difficult-to-prosecute consumer crime. He called for a concerted effort by state and federal authorities, using both criminal and civil legal remedies A legal remedy is the means by which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes some other court order to impose its will. In Commonwealth common law jurisdictions and related jurisdictions (e.g. , to reduce the incidence of identity theft. In all, 10,934 written consumer complaints were received in 2004 by the attorney general's consumer protection office. Those wishing to file complaints or seeking more information on consumer protection may contact the attorney general's office toll-free at (877) 877-9392, or on the Internet at www.doj.state.or.us. Following is the 2004 top 10 list of consumer complaints: Telecommunications, 1,615 complaints. Financial institutions, 912 complaints. Internet auctions, 783 complaints. Motor vehicle sales, 671 complaints. Collection agencies, 410 complaints. Nigerian Internet money schemes, 365 complaints. Internet retailers, 305 complaints. Auto repair, 255 complaints. Sweepstakes/prize promotions/foreign lotteries United Kingdom
Construction contractors, 209 complaints. |
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