The Act prohibits the use of any deception, fraud, false pretenses or promises, concealment, suppression, or omission of any fact that is material to a business dealing or transaction. Consumers may bring a claim under the Act even if they were not in fact misled, deceived, or even damaged by the wrongful conduct.
Illinois Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division Complaint Center Chicago: 800-386-5438 | TTY: 800-964-3013. Springfield: 800-243-0618 | TTY: 877-844-5461. Carbondale: 618-529-6400 | TTY: 877-675-9339. Spanish language: 866-310-8398.
Consumers are urged to use 311 to report fraud or other possible illegal practices by businesses or contractors located in Chicago.
Contact the company about your complaint A salesperson or customer service representative. Search for a company's customer service contact information on their website. Take your complaint to a company's management if a salesperson or customer service representative did not help.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul's Consumer Protection Division protects Illinois consumers and businesses from fraud, deception, and unfair business practices.
The Attorney General's Office takes consumer complaints and can engage in informal dispute resolution on behalf of consumers having problems with: Purchases. Identity Theft. Health Care Services or Providers.
The FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection stops unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices by: collecting complaints and conducting investigations. suing companies and people that break the law.
Citing a press release in Chicago style, notes-bibliography Set the title of the press release in title case and enclose it within quotation marks. Organization, “Press Release Title,” news release, Publication Month Day, Year, URL.
The footnote/endnote begins with the same superscript number as the one that appears in the paper and is followed by a period. Footnotes/endnotes always include a specific page number or numbers where the cited information can be found. The first footnote/endnote to a source provides the full publishing information.
The footnotes are formatted like APA format, where the number in the footnote is superscript and without a period. If the note is written in a complete sentence, place the page numbers in parentheses. If it simply references the source, parentheses aren't necessary.