Free Speech, Advertising, and Me Blog Free Speech, Advertising, and Me Does free speech protect deceptive advertising?
We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Blog We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Someone won $5,000 with a card from this very store!? It seems logical (in a really flawed, not-actually-logical-at-all kind of way) that because this store had one $5,000 winner, your…
Flex Seal Ad Alert Flex Seal The Flex Seal informercial may be entertaining, but can you trust its claims?
Innovative Wealth Builders, INC Ad Alert Innovative Wealth Builders, INC Innovative Wealth Builders promised to cut credit card interest rates and save consumers thousands in debt. But … bum bum bum … they weren’t telling the truth. The company was…
Xtreme Muscle Pro Ad Alert Xtreme Muscle Pro Xtreme Muscle Pro, a fitness supplement, makes a lot of ridiculous-sounding claims on its website (“Convert fat to muscle!” “Hydrate blood cells!” and best of all, “More than 1 ingredient!”),…
Fake Government Calls Ad Alert 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…
ShopNBC’s Fine Print Ad Alert ShopNBC’s Fine Print Consumers complain about shopping network’s practices.
Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight Consumer News Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight Reader finds out not reading fine print comes at heavy cost.
Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip Consumer News Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip Make sure your luxury Super Bowl hotel isn’t really an abandoned house.
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…
Who Can You Complain to at the Federal Level? Consumer Basics Who Can You Complain to at the Federal Level? A topic-by-topic list of federal agencies that deal with deceptive advertising.
How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps Consumer News 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…
HelloFresh’s ‘17 Free Meals’ Ad Alert HelloFresh’s ‘17 Free Meals’ Here’s how much you have to spend to get 17 “free” meals.
V8 Fruit and Vegetable Blends Class Action V8 Fruit and Vegetable Blends Allegations: Misleadingly marketing juice blends as healthy when consuming juices increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and death
GasBuddy Class Action GasBuddy Allegations: Misleadingly marketing GasBuddy as a way to save money on gas
Let’s Judge Mortgage Scammers Blog Let’s Judge Mortgage Scammers Deceptive mailings attempt to trick homeowners into thinking they need to take action.
Amazon Fresh Class Action Amazon Fresh Allegations: Falsely marketing that consumers who use their Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card “earn 5% back at Amazon Fresh” when they actually receive only 1% back on purchases
Advertised Prices at Canteen Vending Machines Class Action Advertised Prices at Canteen Vending Machines Allegations: Charging consumers who pay with credit cards more than the advertised price