Green or Shady: Eco Friendly Scams Consumer News Green or Shady: Eco Friendly Scams We’ve all seen and heard the terms “green,” “eco-friendly,” “natural,” “environmentally safe,” and “ozone friendly” in ads or on product labels. Marketers across the globe have used these terms to…
Cast a Wary Eye when Scanning Craigslist and Classifieds Consumer News Cast a Wary Eye when Scanning Craigslist and Classifieds More than 50 million Americans are using Craigslist for everything from bartering for services to finding a roommate. Unlike your local newspaper or magazine, Craigslist ads are generally free, which…
Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams Consumer News Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams Under a continued crackdown on Too frequently, the term proves to be simply a euphemism for sending your money along to an unknown person or company and then watching your…
Officials Warn about Boston Charity Scams Consumer News Officials Warn about Boston Charity Scams Sadly, tragedies are an opportunity for scammers to set up fake charities.
Helping Harvey Victims — and Avoiding Charity Scams Consumer News Helping Harvey Victims — and Avoiding Charity Scams If you’re going to give, give wisely.
Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams Consumer News 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…
9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam Consumer News 9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam Don’t file with fraudsters this tax season.
Misleading Health Claims about Vemma Still Flood Web Consumer News Misleading Health Claims about Vemma Still Flood Web Push to remove unsubstantiated claims lagging.
5 Ad Trends to Be Wary of in 2021 Consumer News 5 Ad Trends to Be Wary of in 2021 From fairwashing to fragrance, consumers have plenty to watch out for in 2021.
Make Government and Business Imposters Pay Consumer News Make Government and Business Imposters Pay TINA.org files comment in support of proposed rule.
Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry Consumer News Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry Ex-Herbalifer brings questionable lead generation tactics to Vemma.
How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Consumer News How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Before you book that great getaway deal, you need to ask some questions.
WakeUpNow’s Secret: Things You Need to Know about this MLM Consumer News WakeUpNow’s Secret: Things You Need to Know about this MLM What TINA.org thinks you should wake up to regarding this questionable company.
Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Consumer News Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Identify theft again leads the way with the most filed complaints in 2012.
10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Consumer News 10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Don’t fall for these top frauds. Arm yourself with info this National Consumer Protection Week.
Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs Consumer News 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.
Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors Consumer News Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors TINA.org refers publishing giant to FTC for enforcement action.
Somebody’s Watching You Consumer News Somebody’s Watching You What you need to know about in-store tracking.
Six Examples of How Overstock.com Ripped Off Consumers Consumer News Six Examples of How Overstock.com Ripped Off Consumers Internal memos reveal company knew savings were inflated.