AUGUSTA ? With Memorial Day approaching more Mainers may start to receive solicitations from bogus companies enticing them take a free or incredibly cheap vacation or for an exceptional opportunity to sell their existing timeshare. Attorney General Mills asks consumers to be leery of any consumer deal that sounds too good to be true, because it probably is.

VACATION SCAMS

Not sure if you?re dealing with a travel scam? Here are six signs that sun-splashed getaway isn?t what it seems:

AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills has signed onto an amicus brief filed today in the United States Supreme Court which urges the Court to fully enforce the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

(AUGUSTA, Maine) Attorney General Janet T. Mills joined 38 states and the District of Columbia in a $7 million settlement on Tuesday with Internet giant Google over its collection of data from unsecured wireless networks around the nation while taking photographs for its Street View mapping service between 2008 and March 2010.

The agreement bans unauthorized data collection, requires training of Google employees on privacy and includes a nationwide campaign to educate consumers on protecting information

AUGUSTA, ME ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that her office has filed suit against Standard & Poor?s (S&P) alleging that the company engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices in the rating of certain complex finance securities that were at the heart of the nation?s financial crisis.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that her office has reached a settlement against Lender Processing Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries, LPS Default Solutions and DocX. The proposed judgment, which involves the Attorneys General of 45 states and the District of Columbia, resolves allegations that the Jacksonville-based company ?robo-signed? documents and engaged in other improper conduct in mortgage loan default servicing.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills is warning consumers about recent reports of calls from individuals claiming to represent Medicare.

There are reports from Maine Medicare recipients who have received phone calls claiming to be from Medicare. The callers claim Medicare is issuing a new Medicare card and asks for the consumer?s Medicare number, the name of their financial institution and their financial routing and account numbers.

Eligible Maine borrowers must file claims by January 18, 2013

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General William J. Schneider announced that eligible Maine borrowers who lost their homes due to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 must file a National Mortgage Settlement Claim form by January 18th in order to receive a cash payment from a $1.9 million fund set aside for this purpose.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General William J. Schneider is warning Maine consumers about a telephone scam involving callers who claim that the consumer has been named in a legal action. The caller instructs the consumer to make a call to another number to resolve the matter or else face a lawsuit.

Several consumers have reported receiving such calls over the past week.

Consumers describe the calls as threatening.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General William J. Schneider announced today that Maine, various other states and the federal government reached an agreement with Amgen, Inc. (Amgen) to settle allegations that Amgen engaged in various illegal marketing practices to promote sales of the drugs Aranesp, Enbrel, Epogen, Neulasta, Neupogen and Sensipar and inaccurately reported and manipulated prices for these drugs causing the submission of false claims.

As part of this settlement, Maine will receive a total of $13,313 in restitution and other recovery.

Consumers and Businesses must file claims by December 6, 2012

Attorney General William J. Schneider wants to inform consumers and businesses that they may be entitled to a cash refund from a billion dollar LCD price-fixing settlement fund. The fund is made up of settlements with ten manufacturers over an illegal conspiracy to raise the price of LCD flat panels used in televisions, monitors, and laptop computers.