“Debt consolidation” is a way to rebuild the lives of people with multiple debts. Some of the online advertisements that are used as a tool for offices to attract large numbers of customers are fraudulent.

A group has been formed to take countermeasures. The National Council for Countermeasures for Secondary Damages Due to Debt Consolidation by Mass Advertising Agencies is scheduled to be formed in March. A man in his 30s who requested debt consolidation from two law firms based on online advertisements talked about their own painful experiences.