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Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

The travel website My Holiday Break advertises a variety of vacations packages at incredible prices. How does this service get away with offering such low prices? According to the front…

9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam

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9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam

Don’t file with fraudsters this tax season.

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

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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…

Sunshine Report: State-by-State Access to Consumer Complaints

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Sunshine Report: State-by-State Access to Consumer Complaints

#SunshineWeek: Find out which states should do more to give consumers information on complaints filed against businesses.

E-Cigarette Criteria

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E-Cigarette Criteria

Health: Healthier than tobacco (also safer) Nicotine isn’t bad for you/is safe It’s only water vapor No toxins/carcinogens No second-hand smoke No negative side effects of e-cigarettes Cheaper: Cheaper than…

J&J to Pay $2.2 B to Settle Deceptive Marketing Charges

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J&J to Pay $2.2 B to Settle Deceptive Marketing Charges

Fine a deterrent, or just cost of doing business?

WakeUpNow Put to Sleep: Closes down U.S. Affiliate Operations

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WakeUpNow Put to Sleep: Closes down U.S. Affiliate Operations

Company says former CEO is to blame for its failure.

POM’s Pomegranate Wars

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POM’s Pomegranate Wars

Labeling, healing claims at issue in two court battles.

MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

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MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

Deceptive health and income claims, including some tied to COVID-19, persist in wake of warning from the feds.

Consumer Loses Confidence in VRBO’s Booking Guarantee

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Consumer Loses Confidence in VRBO’s Booking Guarantee

Home-sharing site’s “Book with Confidence Guarantee” fails consumer.

Supplements for Brain Bruises?

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Supplements for Brain Bruises?

They don’t exist, warns FDA.

What You Should Know about Kyäni

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What You Should Know about Kyäni

TINA.org investigation delves into claims by Idaho-based MLM.

NutriMost Settles with FTC over Extreme Weight-Loss Claims

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NutriMost Settles with FTC over Extreme Weight-Loss Claims

The company’s signature pitch — lose 20 to 40 pounds in 40 days — lacked scientific support, the FTC alleged.

E-Cigs Subject to Pre-Market Approval under FDA Final Rules

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E-Cigs Subject to Pre-Market Approval under FDA Final Rules

Critics say there are still gaps in regulation of marketing of vaping products.

CATrends: Charcoal Toothpaste

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CATrends: Charcoal Toothpaste

Influencers tout the benefits of brushing with charcoal toothpaste. But do the products work?

Can you Pass This GMO Test?

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Can you Pass This GMO Test?

Test your knowledge about GMOs.

Vape Shop Criteria

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Vape Shop Criteria

Health: Healthier than tobacco (also safer) Nicotine isn’t bad for you/is safe It’s only water vapor No toxins/carcinogens No second-hand smoke No negative side effects of e-cigarettes Cheaper: Cheaper than…

Credit Repair

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Credit Repair

How much do you know about A financial services product that clearly was created by a magician, since it’s a complete illusion – a product that isn’t really there. Ads…

Smelling Your Path to Weight Loss?

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Smelling Your Path to Weight Loss?

We all know that pixie dust sprinkled on and around your body can make you fly, so why not a magic tastant crystal that you sniff to lose weight without…

‘Ghost’-ed by Energy Drink Company, TINA.org and Rudd Center Alert Regulators

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‘Ghost’-ed by Energy Drink Company, TINA.org and Rudd Center Alert Regulators

Groups file deceptive marketing complaint against Ghost.

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Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

9 Signs It May Be a Tax Return Scam

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

Sunshine Report: State-by-State Access to Consumer Complaints

E-Cigarette Criteria

J&J to Pay $2.2 B to Settle Deceptive Marketing Charges

WakeUpNow Put to Sleep: Closes down U.S. Affiliate Operations

POM’s Pomegranate Wars

MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

Consumer Loses Confidence in VRBO’s Booking Guarantee

Supplements for Brain Bruises?

What You Should Know about Kyäni

NutriMost Settles with FTC over Extreme Weight-Loss Claims

E-Cigs Subject to Pre-Market Approval under FDA Final Rules

CATrends: Charcoal Toothpaste

Can you Pass This GMO Test?

Vape Shop Criteria

Credit Repair

Smelling Your Path to Weight Loss?

‘Ghost’-ed by Energy Drink Company, TINA.org and Rudd Center Alert Regulators