New Bill Calls on FTC to Take Action on Photoshopped Images

Advocates worried unrealistic body images taking toll on teens.

Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigarettes

Impact on Health Not the Only Issue in Unregulated Industry MADISON, Conn., July 22, 2014 — Consumers curious about trying e-cigarettes are being swindled in droves by unscrupulous companies advertising…

Dr. Oz Voted onto TINA.org’s Wall of Shame

Readers say TV doctor shilling too many questionable products.

Don’t Get Spoofed When You Pick up the Phone

Telemarketers have picked up on the fact that many of us now use caller ID to screen calls.  According to the law, telemarketers must display accurate information, but some scam…

FTC Issues New Set of Recommendations to Prevent Cramming

Agency notes one participant in discussions called mobile cramming the “perfect scam.”

Feds Shut Down Online Diploma Mill that Swindled $11M from Students

Consumers allegedly charged between $200 and $300 for high school diplomas that turned out to be bogus.

Does Your State Reveal Consumer Complaints?

TINA.org Publishes Results of Nationwide Open Records Review MADISON, CONN. November 18, 2015 — Consumers rely on online reviews and ratings sites when making purchasing decisions but these tools are…

It’s Not Webster Bank

Texting scam targets both customers and non-customers of Webster Bank.

9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam

Don’t file with fraudsters this tax season.

Rentals.com

Remember, when apartment or house hunting, seeing is believing.

Helping Orlando Shooting Victims

What you need to know before you give.

Pack It Up: What to Know When You Move

Do your homework before renting a vehicle or entrusting your possessions to a moving company.

Ad Trends TINA.org Will Be Watching in 2017

A closer look at what we’ll be scrutinizing in the new year.

Sale or Not? 7 Suspect Price Comparison Tags

Check your references.

Fyre Festival Facing Fraud Allegations

Music festival to issue refunds after attendees complain of being stranded without promised accommodations.

Discount Prices at Hobby Lobby

You Said Do Not Call but Some Telemarketers are Doing it Anyway

Americall was found to actually TRAIN its employees to ignore consumers’ requests to be placed on the company’s do not call list.  How did the FTC know? Apparently, they put…

TINA Fires First Salvo at Virtual Influencers

Linda A. Goldstein & Amy Ralph Mudge, Lexology

Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception

Imagine earning a college or graduate degree without having to do any work. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. Though you may have seen or heard…

TINA’s Take: INFORM Consumers Act Goes Into Effect

New law aims to provide more transparency to online transactions and to deter online shopping fraud.