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Ameriquest: Success or Scam?

Ameriquest: Success or Scam?

An American Success Story Between 1990 and 2008, Spectacularly-successful financial services company whose business model was based on selling mortgages to families that couldn’t afford them, then selling those worthless…

Modeling Opportunity May Just Take Your Dough

Modeling Opportunity May Just Take Your Dough

There’s nothing like a stranger telling you that you should be a model to boost your self-esteem. And there’s nothing like falling for a trap and losing your hard-earned money…

Almost 210 Million Numbers Now on the Do Not Call Registry

Almost 210 Million Numbers Now on the Do Not Call Registry

More than 209 million U.S. phone numbers are now registered with the service, which has been active since 2003. In 2011, consumers filed over 630,000 complaints, mostly regarding recorded messages…

Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception

Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception

Imagine earning a college or graduate degree without having to do any work. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. Though you may have seen or heard…

Ad or Not? Minions Invade Adopt Me! on Roblox

Ad or Not? Minions Invade Adopt Me! on Roblox

Is the most played game on Roblox raising more than pets?

Tell the FDA What You Think ‘Healthy’ on Food Labels Should Mean

Tell the FDA What You Think ‘Healthy’ on Food Labels Should Mean

The deadline to submit a comment on the agency’s new proposed definition is Feb. 16.

Worst False Ad Settlements of 2022

Worst False Ad Settlements of 2022

Five class-action settlements that left consumers behind in 2022.

CATrends: Celebrities Deceptively Promoting Cryptoassets

CATrends: Celebrities Deceptively Promoting Cryptoassets

A-listers face lawsuits over promotions of risky and unregulated investments.

CATrends: ‘Free-to-Play’ Virtual Casino Games

CATrends: ‘Free-to-Play’ Virtual Casino Games

Games are free to download but not to play, lawsuits allege.

Consumers Continue to Report DealDash for Deceptive, Predatory Practices

Consumers Continue to Report DealDash for Deceptive, Predatory Practices

Problems persist seven years after TINA.org complaint against penny auction site.

Check Your Six: Deceptive Ads That Target Military Members

Check Your Six: Deceptive Ads That Target Military Members

TINA.org observes Military Consumer Month the only way we know how – by sharing deceptive ads.

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Trickery Charges Related to Prime

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Trickery Charges Related to Prime

FTC lawsuit alleged company duped consumers into signing up and then made it hard to cancel.

TINA’s Take: FTC Puts For-Profit Higher Education Institutions on Notice

TINA’s Take: FTC Puts For-Profit Higher Education Institutions on Notice

A disproportionate number of students that have defaulted on their students loans attended for-profit colleges.

CATrends: ‘100% Recyclable’ Water Bottles

CATrends: ‘100% Recyclable’ Water Bottles

Bottled-water brands mislead consumers who want to “do their part” and recycle, class-action lawsuits allege.

CATrends: Where’s the Fruit?

CATrends: Where’s the Fruit?

How much of the real fruit pictured on the label actually makes it in these products?

LuLa-NO: Clothing MLM Violating Court Order

LuLa-NO: Clothing MLM Violating Court Order

TINA.org alerts Washington AG’s office to deceptive income claims and more.

LuLaRoe to Pay $4.75 Million to Settle Pyramid Allegations

LuLaRoe to Pay $4.75 Million to Settle Pyramid Allegations

Settlement avoids a trial that had been scheduled to begin on Feb 16.

CATrends: Charcoal Toothpaste

CATrends: Charcoal Toothpaste

Influencers tout the benefits of brushing with charcoal toothpaste. But do the products work?

Father’s Day Cookout Claims that May Flame Out

Father’s Day Cookout Claims that May Flame Out

These marketing claims are feeling the heat.

IV Therapies and COVID-19: The Drip, Drip, Drip of Deceptive Claims

IV Therapies and COVID-19: The Drip, Drip, Drip of Deceptive Claims

TINA.org finds dozens of clinics deceptively promoting IV therapies as a way to prevent and treat the coronavirus.