Capital One Credit Cards

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that it would help credit card customers during the COVID-19 pandemic when the company systematically denied customers’ requests for help

Citibank Credit Cards

Allegations: Marketing that the bank is dedicated to military members, veterans, and their families and provides more benefits than required under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) when it systematically…

TD Bank’s $300 Gift

Fine print deletes the cash right before your eyes.

How Car Dealerships Get You to Come on Down

Car dealerships are in the business of selling cars, not giving out freebies.

‘Free’ Starbucks Coffee

Survey says: Don’t take this survey.

Rental Car Scams

If you see one of these red flags, pull a U-turn.

Fetch: Over $1 Billion in Rewards

TINA.org investigates advertised milestone.

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Clean Rite Centers

Allegations: Failing to disclose that balances remaining on cards are not refundable before consumers purchase the cards

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.

What You Need to Know about Lear Capital

Investing with Lear may test your mettle when it comes to precious coins.

TINA.org’s 12 Days of Christmas

Our gift to you this year was the same as last: Tidings of deceptive advertising.

Discounts at Harbor Freight Tools

In December 2016, a state judge preliminarily approved a settlement of a false advertising class-action lawsuit against Harbor Freight Tools (a retailer selling tools and equipment). The complaint, which was…

Ad or Not? BuzzFeed’s Buy Me That Section

Unwrapping BuzzFeed’s holiday gift ideas.

Amazon’s Nissan Rogue Offer

From this week’s edition of “reading the fine print for you”: Nissan is offering a $1,000 gift card to In actuality a cherished geographical region of the planet featuring enormous…

Dutch’s Current-Elliott Jeans

April 2017: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.. The reasons for the dismissal have not…

Walmart’s Return Policy

Allegations: Misrepresenting that customers may return items for a refund within 90 days unless they fall under one of the categories of exceptions without disclosing that customers who paid using…

First Choice Communications Directv Television Services

A class-action lawsuit was filed against First Choice Communications in September 2018 (and amended in November 2018) for allegedly falsely advertising that customers who sign up and pay for DirecTV…

RAVPower, HooToo, Sable, TaoTronics, VAVA, and Anjou Electronics

Allegations: Failing to disclose that customers are offered gift cards in exchange for writing reviews of products and publishing them online