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365 Day Loan

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365 Day Loan

As seen in our spam inbox. Something seems off about the claim that 365 Day Loan can hook you up with “$2500 for any purpose.” It seems particularly off when…

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Social Media Influencers

TINA.org found social media influencers ignored FTC warnings and continued promoting brands without proper disclosures.

Adore Me

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Adore Me

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Adore Me, a web-based lingerie company, and found that it used deceptive marketing tactics, including ads that deceptively promoted product prices that were only available…

Almay

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Almay

TINA.org investigated Revlon’s Almay Simply American™ marketing campaign and found that the campaign — which included television commercials, social media, online ads, and a national bus tour, all replete with…

Arbonne

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Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…

Balance of Nature

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Balance of Nature

TINA.org investigated Balance of Nature, Inc., a Utah-based dietary supplement company founded by Dr. Douglas Howard, and found that the company and its founder deceptively claimed that taking Balance of…

Everest Microbial Defense

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Everest Microbial Defense

TINA.org investigated Everest Microbial Defense, a Colorado-based company that sells cleaning products, and found that it was deceptively marketing alcohol-free hand sanitizers and surface cleaners that the company claimed, without adequate substantiation, could…

Mercedes-Benz

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Mercedes-Benz

TINA.org investigated the marketing for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, which revealed that Mercedes-Benz USA was running a deceptive national marketing campaign that made the unqualified claim that its 2019…

Modere

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Modere

TINA.org investigated Modere, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted supplements as able to balance hormones and treat symptoms of PMS and menopause, among other…

Move Free Glucosamine

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Move Free Glucosamine

TINA.org, along with AARP, objected — as amici curiae — to a class-action settlement that sought to resolve claims filed against Schiff Nutrition for deceptively marketing Move Free® Advanced glucosamine…

MyPillow

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MyPillow

TINA.org investigated My Pillow, a Minnesota company that has sold millions of foam-filled bed pillows across the country, and found that the company was making deceptive and unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims…

Neurocore

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Neurocore

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Michigan-based “brain training” company Neurocore and determined that the company claimed its neurofeedback sessions could treat numerous medical conditions, including ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression, migraines,…

New U Life

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New U Life

TINA.org investigated New U Life, Inc., a Utah-based multilevel marketing company that sells and markets supplements and nutraceuticals. The investigation revealed a host of issues, including an emphasis on recruitment…

Shaklee

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Shaklee

TINA.org investigated Shaklee as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims…

Sony Music

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Sony Music

TINA.org joined other consumer advocates including UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Consumer Action in filing an amici curiae brief in a case against Sony Music alleging…

Stream Energy/Ignite

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Stream Energy/Ignite

TINA.org investigated Stream Energy, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that resold electricity and gas to customers, as well as wireless phone and personal protective services, and found that the company…

Team National

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Team National

TINA.org investigated Team National, a Florida-based multilevel marketing company that sells discounts for a variety of third-party products and services, and found that the company and its distributors used atypical…

Tripleflex Glucosamine

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Tripleflex Glucosamine

TINA.org objected — as amicus curiae — to a class-action settlement that sought to resolve claims that TripleFlex glucosamine supplements were deceptively marketed as being able to improve joint mobility,…

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