HARP Refinance Lender: Not what You May Think it Is

Website with name similar to government mortgage program is filling inboxes. What is it after?

Household Finance Corporation

Eastern Specialty Finance, Inc.

Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance

Allegations: Misrepresenting that it protects consumers’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in April 2023

Oasis Legal Finance

Exorbitant interest rates lurk behind these convenient loans.

Zacks Investment Finance

Allegations: Misrepresenting that it protects customers’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in 2024

E-mail Alert: Does Ghana Have $8 million to Give You?

Sorry, the Vice President of Ghana doesn’t really want to give you $8 million out of the blue. The tip-offs? Poor grammar, request for nonsensical “RED SEALED stamp fee” of…

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

Who’s Allowed to Play Games with the Stock Market?

The misleading advertising of democratizing finance.

Who Can You Complain to at the Federal Level?

A topic-by-topic list of federal agencies that deal with deceptive advertising.

The Verizon ‘Edge’ of Deception

When a promise of big savings goes up in a puff of smoke.

Six Ways to Protect Yourself from a Mortgage Scam

Mortgages are enough of a headache without unscrupulous lenders.

Aquafeel Water Filtration Systems

AmeriGas and Blue Rhino’s Propane Cylinder Exchange Program

Crash Proof Retirement

Think twice before handing over your retirement nest egg to this company.

The College Network

State regulators allege program misled students into thinking they could earn health care degrees online and was affiliated with a New York college.

Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions

Here’s what you need to know before you apply for a reverse mortgage.

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Business school dean cautions students and other deans.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Congress created the CFPB after the 2009 financial crisis to regulate mortgages, student loans, credit cards, and other financial products and services used by consumers.

Federal Laws Governing Ads

There are many federal laws that regulate advertisements in some way or another.