The Most Deceptive Ads of 2025
Here were some of the worst ads TINA.org investigated this year.
Drop App
Case Name (Date)
Boukhny et al. v. Drop Technologies Inc.
24-cv-7848, C.D. Cal.
(Sept. 2024)
Product/Service
Drop
(an app that tracks purchases made on credit cards and awards points based on spending and available promotions)
Allegations
Misleadingly representing that consumers can use their earned points to redeem gift cards without difficulties or restrictions when gift cards were consistently sold out and the app’s redemption system was “inadequate and unworkable”
Status
Pending
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