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TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

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TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams

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Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams

There are many different kinds of legal services out there, but there’s one kind that is particularly susceptible to deceptive advertising: estate planning. Estate planning protects your assets after you…

Improve your Chances for Successful Home Improvements

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Improve your Chances for Successful Home Improvements

Do you need to put an addition on your house? Want to install central air conditioning? Then you may be lured by home improvement ads. But don’t believe everything you…

Smarten up about Cell Phone Fraud

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Smarten up about Cell Phone Fraud

There are now over 6 billion cell phones in use around the world. Just like everyone else, the con artists and fraudsters are also leveraging the rise of cell phone…

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

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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…

What You Should Know about Apple Cider Vinegar Supplements

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What You Should Know about Apple Cider Vinegar Supplements

TINA.org explores the divide between the marketing and the science.

What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

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What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

TINA.org examines holes in “bulletproof” product claims.

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

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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.

Which Super Bowl 51 Advertisers Have Fumbled Ad Claims?

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Which Super Bowl 51 Advertisers Have Fumbled Ad Claims?

More than 80 percent of companies advertising in this year’s game have faced deceptive advertising challenges.

Jeunesse, Top Leaders Face Second Pyramid Lawsuit

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Jeunesse, Top Leaders Face Second Pyramid Lawsuit

Lawsuit alleges Jeunesse is preying on Chinese-American immigrants.

TINA.org Warns Federal Agency about its False USA-Made Claims

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TINA.org Warns Federal Agency about its False USA-Made Claims

Uncle Sam gets made in the USA claims wrong.

What You Should Know about Thrive

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What You Should Know about Thrive

Is this company, Le-Vel, on the level?

Nomi Settles FTC Charges It Misled Consumers on Mobile Tracking

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Nomi Settles FTC Charges It Misled Consumers on Mobile Tracking

Despite promises to the contrary, shoppers could not opt out of the tracking service.

Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold

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Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold

Objections filed to settlement that gives most distributors $20 or less, while lawyers get $5.25 million and the company continues business as usual.

Things to Know about Vemma One Year Later

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Things to Know about Vemma One Year Later

Company tweaks policies as pressure mounts.

GeneLink Settles with FTC over DNA Product Claims

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GeneLink Settles with FTC over DNA Product Claims

The custom DNA products look like science and talk like science… But are they?

Before You Be Snapping and Chatting, Remember This

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Before You Be Snapping and Chatting, Remember This

Popular app reaches agreement with FTC to make privacy changes.

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

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Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

Know the answers to these questions to be sure that MLM isn’t a pyramid scheme.

FTC Files Suit to Halt Mortgage Relief Operation

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FTC Files Suit to Halt Mortgage Relief Operation

Agency says scheme charged high fees but gave no real help.

Business Opportunities May Not be Opportunities at All

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Business Opportunities May Not be Opportunities at All

Business opportunities can be appealing to many consumers because they offer people a chance to be their own boss. In addition, these opportunities frequently claim to provide a fail-proof, “turn-key”…

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TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams

Improve your Chances for Successful Home Improvements

Smarten up about Cell Phone Fraud

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

What You Should Know about Apple Cider Vinegar Supplements

What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

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

Which Super Bowl 51 Advertisers Have Fumbled Ad Claims?

Jeunesse, Top Leaders Face Second Pyramid Lawsuit

TINA.org Warns Federal Agency about its False USA-Made Claims

What You Should Know about Thrive

Nomi Settles FTC Charges It Misled Consumers on Mobile Tracking

Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold

Things to Know about Vemma One Year Later

GeneLink Settles with FTC over DNA Product Claims

Before You Be Snapping and Chatting, Remember This

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

FTC Files Suit to Halt Mortgage Relief Operation

Business Opportunities May Not be Opportunities at All