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A number of people in the immigrant community have been receiving calls and text messages from people falsely claiming to be government agents. The callers often claimed to be from…

Can you trust an online review?

In the fall of 2010, Todd Rutherford launched GettingBookReviews.com, a marketing service for self-published authors that provided book reviews for cash. Soon, he was making $28,000 a month writing reviews,…

Holiday Shopping: Separating the Real Deals from the Fake Ones

TINA.org offers some tips on how to avoid a shopping mishap this season.

Zederex Fails to Perform

Webpage promoting ED pill is the quintessential example of fake news.

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TINA.org investigated NourishLife (which later changed its name to Lifetrients) and found that it was deceptively advertising a potentially harmful supplement called SpeechNutrients speak by, among other things, claiming it…

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

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Spam email leads to a fake endorsement from Dr. Oz, among other celebrities.