Empower Network

Empower Network says it is a “blogging platform, an intensive training, a secret blueprint on how to earn fifteen grand per month” (Stop right there, this vague description of what…

Smoke Remedy

Smokeremedy.com by Living Well Remedies promises you can quit smoking naturally with just one bottle. The bottle contains ingredients it says will help stop cravings if you just spray it…

The High Cost of SmartFares.com

Everyone wants to travel cheaply. But be wary of travel sites advertising extraordinarily low prices.

Is that 100 Percent Cashmere?

Reader says she was “duped” into buying a cashmere cap that turned out to be only 3 percent cashmere.

Laminine’s Hatched Up Health Claims

When searching for ways to turn back the biological clock, don’t put all your eggs in this basket.

BlackFridayStart’s (Designer) Bag of Tricks

Buyer beware: There’s no guarantee on the prices or authenticity of the designer items sold on this website.

Xfinity Extreme Premier Triple Play

Consumer says he was charged for installation despite a mailing that promised it would be free of charge.

Lisa Laser Products

An FDA investigation into Lisa Laser Products for its Sphinx Laser Systems, FlexGuard, and Revolix Lasers found that these products were misbranded because they were not properly reported as medical…

Tech Support Scam

A reader describes her experience with a recent suspicious call. We just got a call on our home number from a man with an Indian or similar accent claiming to…

Firefighters Charitable Foundation

Firefighters Charitable Foundation placed fifth in the Tampa Bay Times list of the worst charities in America. According to the report, “over the past decade, [Firefighters Charitable Foundation’s] professional solicitors…

Carvana

Whether buying a car online or in-person, consumers need to do their due diligence.

Bank of America

A direct mail advertisement by Bank of America promoting low refinancing rates for homeowners has some consumer advocates concerned the materials may be misleading. American Banker reported this week that…

LPL Financials draws regulators’ eyes

LPL Financial has grown into the fourth-largest brokerage firm in the U.S. and the largest in rural parts of the country. The firm, however, is drawing the attention of state…

Stocktips.com Penny Stocks

Invests.com is advertising penny stock reports from Stocktips.com. According to the SEC, the term “penny stock” (also micro-cap stock) “generally refers to a security issued by a very small company…

Greens and Whole Foods Supplements

ConsumerLab.com has published results of its quality tests of greens and whole foods powders and pills. Supplements marketed with these terms typically contain chlorophyll-containing leaves, sprouts, algae, vegetables and fruits, herbs,…

Shell Vacations Club

Shell Vacations Club is a timeshare vacation organization with property in 24 resorts in North America. But the group seems to leave customers disappointed after it fails to live up…

OilBoomUSA.com

We recently ran across an ad for OilBoomUSA.com, oil-investment company Nakoma Petroleum’s website. Nakoma’s site and videos seem to be designed to lure in the kind of consumer who has…

L’Oréal Youth Code Texture Perfector Pore Vanisher

A reader alerted us to an ad for L’Oréal’s Youth Code Texture Perfection Pore Vanisher. According to the commercial, the cream: instantly minimizes the look of pores and in four…

Laser Spine Institute

Funeral Advantage

Here’s an ad that runs constantly on television: