Boy Scouts of America Ad Alert Boy Scouts of America Self-regulatory group says sweepstakes advertising wasn’t clear enough on odds of winning.
How Car Dealerships Get You to Come on Down Ad Alert How Car Dealerships Get You to Come on Down Car dealerships are in the business of selling cars, not giving out freebies.
What You Give Up in Scholarshipzone’s $10,000 Contest Ad Alert What You Give Up in Scholarshipzone’s $10,000 Contest While there’s no registration fee, this contest could still end up costing you in other ways.
Winning this $1000 Gift Card will Cost You Time, Money Ad Alert Winning this $1000 Gift Card will Cost You Time, Money This Walmart gift card offer has serious strings attached. Before you “claim now” know what it will take to actually get it.
The Prize Is (Not) Right Blog The Prize Is (Not) Right Auto dealership prize is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Foreign Lottery Emails Ad Alert Foreign Lottery Emails We received a spam email regarding a winning ticket to the Canada-UK Lottery. The FTC warns that many scam operators are based in Canada, which is where this email is…
10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Consumer News 10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Don’t fall for these top frauds. Arm yourself with info this National Consumer Protection Week.
FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road Consumer News FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road Can you spot what’s wrong with these ads?
We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Blog We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Someone won $5,000 with a card from this very store!? It seems logical (in a really flawed, not-actually-logical-at-all kind of way) that because this store had one $5,000 winner, your…
Winning-numbers.us Ad Alert Winning-numbers.us This site promises to help you “Strike the Lottery Anywhere in the World,” but it’s really a website loaded with Software installed on your computer without your consent to monitor…
“SpongeBob” Splashpants Sweepstakes Ad Alert “SpongeBob” Splashpants Sweepstakes Nickelodeon ran ads for its “SpongeBob” Splashpants Sweepstakes, which directed children to a website where they could enter a sweepstake with the grand prize of a Nickelodeon Cruise featuring SpongeBob…
Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Consumer News Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Identify theft again leads the way with the most filed complaints in 2012.
Invitation to 10k Scholarship: Does It Really Offer Savings? Ad Alert Invitation to 10k Scholarship: Does It Really Offer Savings? Be wary of any scholarship that doesn’t require any academic credentials, extracurricular achievements, or essays for awarding money. This ad links to Scholarship Zone, which says in its Privacy Policy…
CT Officials Warn about Bogus Lottery Checks Ad Alert CT Officials Warn about Bogus Lottery Checks State officials in Connecticut are warning consumers about a postal scam in which residents are being notified that they’ve “won” a lottery. But what they receive is really a bogus government…
Ignore that “You’ve Won” Text Ad Alert Ignore that “You’ve Won” Text The text may say you’ve won something, but what are you giving the messenger?