Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

Consumers complain to feds that various e-cig companies are fleecing them into repeated credit card charges for vapor products.

That Crazy Wrap Thing

The Ultimate Body Applicator, also sometimes called by its alter ego, “That Crazy Wrap Thing,” has become quite the rage in the fitness world. You might have seen these being…

Herbalife Confirms FTC Has Launched a Probe

Company has been under increasing scrutiny.

Online Reviews in Spotlight after Consumer Gets Billed for Negative Post

Consumer review website caught up in media storm as well.

Vemma Facing Class-Action Lawsuit in California

Suit alleges company’s advertising should have indicated it would repeatedly charge for Verve.

Eight ‘Facts’ That Won’t Answer This: Is Vemma a Pyramid Scheme?

Beware; none of these statements the company makes are relevant.

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

MADISON, CT, July 10, 2013 — Vemma Nutrition Company promises it will “transform lives through ultra premium products and a generous compensation plan.” The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company, which touts that…

Illegal Pyramid Scheme Exposed by truthinadvertising.org

Work from home, get rich, and vacation in luxurious resorts. That’s the promise offered by Washington-based Resorts360 Vacation Club. All you need to do is buy an expensive membership and…

Advertising Self-Regulatory Council

The Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) (formerly known as the National Advertising Review Council) is a self-regulatory agency that was formed in 1971 by the American Advertising Federation, the American Association…

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Find out why New Balance, TikTok, Poland Spring and others make the 2021 naughty list.

Double Stuf Oreos

Are these cookies double-stuffed with deception?

Deceptive Marketing 101: Third-Party Certification Seals

Don’t confuse this type of marketing for a silver bullet.

$3 Million Verdict Should Give Deceptive Made in USA Marketers Pause

Jury puts a dollar value on a competitor’s false U.S.-origin claims.

Modere Exploiting Women’s Hormonal Health Issues for Financial Gain

New supplement line targets women with deceptive and illegal health claims.

Wellness MLM’s Fulvic Acid Product Raises Red Flags

“The mudman” has apparently found a new MLM to sell his “magic dirt.”

Tori Belle Cosmetics

Beauty MLM’s outsized earnings claims face increasing scrutiny.

2023 Sunrider Income Claims Database

2023 The Avon Company Income Claims Database

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2023

Here’s what we accomplished in 2023 with your help.

What You Should Know about Super Patch

TINA.org takes a closer look at this MLM offering “braille for your brain.”