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Lawmakers Raise Questions about Deceptive Marketing in Solar Industry Consumer News Lawmakers Raise Questions about Deceptive Marketing in Solar Industry What are the hidden costs of solar leases?
What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Consumer News What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.
10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Consumer News 10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid Don’t fall for these top frauds. Arm yourself with info this National Consumer Protection Week.
The Ugly Truth about Beautycounter Consumer News The Ugly Truth about Beautycounter There’s no concealing this makeup MLM’s inappropriate income claims.
Which Super Bowl Advertisers Have Run Afoul of Ad Laws? Consumer News Which Super Bowl Advertisers Have Run Afoul of Ad Laws? A majority have faced false-ad challenges within past five years.
TINA.org’s Ninth Year in Review Blog TINA.org’s Ninth Year in Review Here’s what we accomplished in 2021 with your help.
Hair-raising Hair Product Ads Consumer News Hair-raising Hair Product Ads Want to know the secret behind the lustrous, voluminous, “salon beautiful” hair that is featured in some television and print ads for hair products today? Extensions! Yup, fake hair. Well,…
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…
Sweepstakes & Prizes Consumer Basics Sweepstakes & Prizes Sweepstakes and lotteries may be scams in disguise.
FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Consumer News FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Agency charges 29 with alleged scams.
Seven Ad Claim Pet Peeves Consumer News Seven Ad Claim Pet Peeves Pet owners, take note: These products may not be deserving of your doggie dollars.
Neora/Nerium Income Claims Evidence Neora/Nerium Income Claims A TINA.org investigation has cataloged over 200 instances in which Nerium and/or its distributors have made or referenced unusual earnings claims that lack appropriate legal disclosures. The first 100+ of…
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H2O at Home Income Claims Database Evidence H2O at Home Income Claims Database TINA.org investigation reveals misleading income claims used to market MLM opportunity.
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TurboTax Free Ad Alert TurboTax Free Spoiler: Filing your taxes with this product “could cost you money” and those are TurboTax’s words.