Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Consumer News Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Over 200 million people in the U.S. are now Internet users. Many of our daily activities – reading the news, watching movies, paying bills, buying products, and even catching up…
The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam Consumer News The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam How the fine print factors into the FTC’s multimillion-dollar complaint against the mobile carrier.
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Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions Consumer News Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions Here’s what you need to know before you apply for a reverse mortgage.
Federal Filing Government Imposter Scam Ad Alert Federal Filing Government Imposter Scam Even the CEO acknowledges that some consumers have confused the company for the federal government.
It’s the National Institutes of Health Calling, or Is It? Ad Alert It’s the National Institutes of Health Calling, or Is It? The latest grant scam making the rounds.
Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry Consumer News Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry Ex-Herbalifer brings questionable lead generation tactics to Vemma.
Travel Insurance Assurance? Consumer News Travel Insurance Assurance? This Thanksgiving, ensure you know what’s what with the various assurances of travel insurance.
Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash Consumer News Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash The 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis means credit is not that easy to come by anymore. This forces some of us to have to look for alternatives…
HelloFraud: TINA.org Files Complaint against Meal Kit Giant Consumer News HelloFraud: TINA.org Files Complaint against Meal Kit Giant False promises of ‘free meals’ lead consumers to never-ending subscriptions.
Mortgage Insurance Scam Goes Blue Ad Alert Mortgage Insurance Scam Goes Blue The color changes but the deceptive marketing stays the same.
MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims Consumer News MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.
Agora Coronavirus Emails Ad Alert Agora Coronavirus Emails Publishing giant seizes on Americans’ concerns about their physical and financial well-being.
Intellectual Property Services Ad Alert Intellectual Property Services Trademark renewal scam lands in TINA.org’s mailbox.
Calling Card Companies Fined $30M for Misleading Consumers Consumer News Calling Card Companies Fined $30M for Misleading Consumers FCC says advertised minutes had an impossible stipulation.
Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs Consumer News Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs Consumers complain to feds that various e-cig companies are fleecing them into repeated credit card charges for vapor products.
How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Consumer News How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Before you book that great getaway deal, you need to ask some questions.
Cash Tracking System: Gifting Scheme? Ad Alert Cash Tracking System: Gifting Scheme? An unsolicited phone call promising cash should raise all sorts of red flags.