Beware of Obamacare Health Insurance Scams Consumer News Beware of Obamacare Health Insurance Scams Fraudsters target consumers as healthcare marketplace goes live.
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…
Don’t Get Spoofed When You Pick up the Phone Consumer News Don’t Get Spoofed When You Pick up the Phone Telemarketers have picked up on the fact that many of us now use caller ID to screen calls. According to the law, telemarketers must display accurate information, but some scam…
PayPal’s “Pay in 4” Service Class Action PayPal’s “Pay in 4” Service Allegations: Marketing the service as one that allows users to pay for purchases later with no interest or fees without disclosing the risk that they will incur multiple overdraft fees…
Sezzle’s Buy Now, Pay Later Services Class Action Sezzle’s Buy Now, Pay Later Services Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that Sezzle is a free service with no fees, interest or other catches without adequately warning users of the risk that banks processing Sezzle payments will charge…
Klarna’s Buy Now, Pay Later Service Class Action Klarna’s Buy Now, Pay Later Service Allegations: Misleadingly representing that Klarna is a free service without adequately warning consumers of the risk that banks processing payments will charge them overdraft fees
Afterpay’s Buy Now, Pay Later Service Class Action Afterpay’s Buy Now, Pay Later Service Allegations: Misleadingly marketing itself as a free service without adequately disclosing the risk that consumers will be charged overdraft fees by banks processing payments
AutoZone Imposter Car Wrap Scam Ad Alert AutoZone Imposter Car Wrap Scam If you see one of these scams in the rear-view mirror, floor it.
Montefiore Ads Pollute NYC Highways Blog Montefiore Ads Pollute NYC Highways New York neurosurgery center features deceptive testimonial on billboards and website
HSBC’s Environmental Claims Ad Alert HSBC’s Environmental Claims Future environmental ads must acknowledge bank’s role in climate crisis.
FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Class Action FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Allegations: Misleadingly marketing FTX as a safe way to invest in crypto
Zelle at Navy Federal Credit Union Class Action Zelle at Navy Federal Credit Union Allegations: Marketing Zelle as “backed by banks,” “safe” and providing accountholders with “Zero Fraud Liability” when the credit union denies fraud claims without explanation or recourse
MoviePass: ‘Get a Month Free’ Ad Alert MoviePass: ‘Get a Month Free’ The movie ticket subscription service is back. Unfortunately, so too are the deceptive ads.
Overdraft Fees Charged by Wells Fargo Class Action Overdraft Fees Charged by Wells Fargo Allegations: Misrepresenting when consumers will be charged overdraft fees
Q Sciences Ad Alert Q Sciences Hemp MLM deceptively markets “side-gig” that can “replace your full-time income completely.”
Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme Blog Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.
Things You Should Know about E-Cigarettes Consumer News Things You Should Know about E-Cigarettes Surgeon General calls e-cigarettes a health risk for youngsters; advocates call for tougher marketing restrictions.
Wells Fargo’s Overdraft Fees Class Action Wells Fargo’s Overdraft Fees Allegations: Misrepresenting when consumers will be charged overdraft fees
FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay Blog FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay The agency puts the MLM industry on notice.
Fiji Imposter Car Wrap Scam Ad Alert Fiji Imposter Car Wrap Scam Car wrap scam has plenty of gas left in the tank.