Lost Money in a Scam Paid Through Walmart or Western Union? FTC Refund Checks Are Going Out Now, and a Western Union Claim Deadline Is December 31

The FTC is mailing 65,022 checks totaling more than $9.8 million to people who were scammed through Walmart money transfers. Separately, the Justice Department has reopened the Western Union fraud-victim compensation program until December 31, 2026. Here’s who qualifies, how to tell a real check from a fake, and what to do now.

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Texas Settles With Temu: New Data Rules, Product Safety Testing and Refunds for Harmful Products. What Shoppers Should Know

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an agreed final judgment with Temu that requires U.S. data storage, annual independent product testing for lead, PFAS and other harmful materials, and full refunds to Texans who bought products that fail. Here’s what the settlement does, what it doesn’t, and what shoppers can do now.

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