Amberen Menopause Claims

Somnapure: Wake Up to Sleep Aid’s Advertising

Why a dateline and a company quote doesn’t make a news article. Be wary of this sleep aid’s advertising.

Anti-Wrinkle Creams: Ellen the Expert?

Skin care companies Lavish Skin Care and DermaBright featured on fake celebrity sites.

Do Media Outlets Have the Guts to Bounce Scam Ads?

Whose responsibility is it to vet ads for fraud?

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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.

Fake Government Calls

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…

70 Year Old Grandma Looks 40

This ad for Lumanelle Luma skin cream should set off a couple of bad ad warning lights: This picture appears elsewhere on the Internet, the unsourced Dr. Oz quote, and…

Zederex Fails to Perform

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

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Agora (Monument & Cathedral Holdings)

TINA.org found Agora companies violating an FTC order with deceptive disease-treatment and financial claims, and dark patterns.

Mary Kay Income Claims – 2021 Collection

2023 The Avon Company Income Claims Database

TEFL Institute

TINA.org investigated the TEFL Institute, an Illinois company selling “Teaching English as a Foreign Language” training and certification, and found that it falsely advertised its accreditation status.

Married but Lonely

We got this email advertisement offering us the chance to “Sleep with Married Women,” and “meet a cheating wife.” An ad is an ad, and we’re not here to judge…

Geniux

A supplement that can actually make you smarter? Think again.