Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight

Reader finds out not reading fine print comes at heavy cost.

H&R Block Ad Benefits from Consumer Confusion

Affordable Care Act doesn’t require filing changes this year.

Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip

Make sure your luxury Super Bowl hotel isn’t really an abandoned house.

Be Careful of Quicky Loans

GetHolidayFunds.com, USAQuickLoanAdvance.com, CreditLoansUSA.com, CashHolidayNow.com, and NationalPayDayDirect.com are all sites that claim to approve you for a loan in 30 seconds with no credit check. Beware of any lender that offers…

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…

Total up the Real Toll in Travel Offers

When you’re thinking about planning your dream vacation to the Caribbean, the last thing you want to worry about is getting ripped-off.  But, unfortunately, crooks exist everywhere and the world…

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1: Deceptively lure consumers into giving you their credit card numbers for shipping and handling charges on “free” or “risk-free” offers for products ranging from teeth-whitening to A magical…

Buyer’s Remorse? You May Not Be Stuck With It

Gerri Detweiler, Credit.com

FTC 13(b) Supreme Court Case

TINA.org filed Supreme Court brief in support of the FTC’s ability to return money unlawfully taken from consumers.

HelloFresh Subscription Autorenewal System

CATrends: Zelle Money Transfers Misleadingly Marketed as Safe and Secure

Lawsuits allege app fails to disclose lack of protections against fraud and recourse for the defrauded.

CATrends: Improper Overdraft Fees

More than 150 class-action lawsuits have been filed against regional and national banks.

Roblox In-Game Content

Allegations: Advertising in-game content without warning consumers that the platform deletes purchased content and does not provide refunds or credits for the deletions

Doctoral Degrees from Grand Canyon University

Allegations: Falsely marketing how many credits students need to complete and how much it costs to obtain a doctoral degree

Dossier+ Memberships

Perfume maker’s subscription disclosures don’t pass the smell test.

Capital One’s Cash Advance Fees

Allegations: Representing that the credit card company charges Cash Advance Fees on cash loans or cash equivalents

MaxAI

Web extension may be better at maxing out your credit card than the full capabilities of AI.

Fandango FanClub Memberships

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that memberships include “$10 toward a movie ticket each month – any movie, any showtime, any format” without adequately that the credits expired after 30 days

Shopify’s Free Trial

Aspiring entrepreneurs may want to think twice before signing up for this enticing offer.

Ad or Not? Kylie Jenner

Just a nice shoutout on Instagram or was Kylie Jenner making up with make-up artist Vlada Haggerty?