Morgan Gold Ad Alert Morgan Gold As heard on SiriusXM radio: Morgan Gold promises a free gold IRA guide “to help diversify your portfolio.” We have our doubts that anything is really free — how…
Platinum Funding Ad Alert Platinum Funding From the spam inbox: It’s easy to apply for a loan. It only takes a few minutes and your cash is deposited directly into your bank account. Something seems off…
Mall Girl Ad Alert Mall Girl The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU, or the Children’s Advertising Review Unit, keeps tabs on advertising directed at children, and issues recommendations to advertisers when ads are deceptive or target…
Winx Club Harmonix Dolls Ad Alert Winx Club Harmonix Dolls Winx Club Harmonix Dolls appeared in an ad to move their heads on their own and stand up without human assistance. The Children’s Advertising Review Unit objected to the ad,…
E-mail Alert: Does Ghana Have $8 million to Give You? Ad Alert E-mail Alert: Does Ghana Have $8 million to Give You? Sorry, the Vice President of Ghana doesn’t really want to give you $8 million out of the blue. The tip-offs? Poor grammar, request for nonsensical “RED SEALED stamp fee” of…
Can You Win the African Lottery? Ad Alert Can You Win the African Lottery? Playing foreign lotteries is illegal. Do not reply to an e-mail like this or provide any information to the sender. For more information, check out TINA.org’s article on sweepstakes and…
Cash Creation: Who Gets the Dough? Ad Alert Cash Creation: Who Gets the Dough? The site linked in this e-mail is selling a “cash creation” system that involves taking online surveys. Beware of any job that “requires no prior experience, education, or special skills.”…
Checking Out the “Check Into This” E-mail Ad Alert Checking Out the “Check Into This” E-mail This e-mail links to a fake news site promoting a work-at-home scheme. From: —[email protected] Subject: Check this out Date: May 10, 2012 To: —[email protected] this is intense you should check…
Look Alike Yellow Pages Ad Alert Look Alike Yellow Pages United Directories wants you to pay $300 to be listed in its version of the yellow pages. But this is not the traditional yellow pages that you’re used to getting…
Tech Support Scam Ad Alert Tech Support Scam A reader describes her experience with a recent suspicious call. We just got a call on our home number from a man with an Indian or similar accent claiming to…
NAD advises Synaptol to change advertising Ad Alert NAD advises Synaptol to change advertising The The National Advertising Division (NAD) is the advertising industry’s self-regulatory body administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus., the investigative unit of the advertising industry’s system of self-regulation,…
Rich At Last? Ad Alert Rich At Last? Website promises get-rich-quick scheme, but ERSP and FTC have their doubts.
Nutrisystem Customers: Think Fast or Incur Charges Ad Alert Nutrisystem Customers: Think Fast or Incur Charges A considerable fee lurks for cancelation after a money-back guarantee expires.
Lifelock Ad Alert Lifelock As heard on Sirius XM: Lifelock tells us that “Don” became the victim of identity theft and ran into trouble at home and at work. But Lifelock doesn’t mention…
Sunfield High School Ad Alert Sunfield High School Sunfield High School, an online high school, offers to test you and send you a high school diploma for $249. But it’s a scam. Sunfield High School claims to be…
Authority Tax Services Ad Alert Authority Tax Services Here’s a radio ad we heard for Authority Tax Services: The very beginning of the ad states: Attention tax payers: If you owe $10,000 or more to the IRS,…
CheapOair.com Ad Called Into Question Ad Alert CheapOair.com Ad Called Into Question Expedia challenges advertising of competitor. Self-regulatory body weighs in.
Kids Live Safe Ad Alert Kids Live Safe From: Kids Live Safe <[email protected]> Date: August 28, 2013 12:53:29 PM EDT To: Subject: Neighborhood ChildPredatorAlert In YourArea Kids Live Safe Dear Neighbor, Did you hear? There are registered child…
Earn a Ph.D Degree Online Ad Alert Earn a Ph.D Degree Online Earn a PhD Degree Online, says this spam email. Where does the link in the email take you? (Don’t click on links in spam emails. We do it here at…
Gatorade Mobile App Ad Alert Gatorade Mobile App Whether Gatorade is a better choice than water for athletes depends on the duration and intensity of the exercise, says science. Either way, we’re pretty sure water is not “the…