Equinox Anti-Wrinkle Products

We recently received a tip from a reader about Equinox Anti-Wrinkle products, which are currently being advertised around the web. Equinox sells moisturizers that are supposed to dramatically improve the…

Check Gallery

A TINA.org reader recently submitted this tip about Check Gallery, a website that sells customized bank checks. She received an e-mail advertising a two-for-one deal on personal checks, which seemed…

Invest in Penny Stocks?

We received this spam text message on our phone. Pros: – It’s clearly marked as SPAM, so we guess there’s a point for honesty. – The link does simply take…

Shell Vacations Club

Shell Vacations Club is a timeshare vacation organization with property in 24 resorts in North America. But the group seems to leave customers disappointed after it fails to live up…

250m Americans Infected – The American Parasite

Your browser does not support the video tag. Here’s a new batch of web ads warning you about something called “the American Parasite.” What are these ads all about? And…

70 Year Old Grandma Looks 40

This ad for Lumanelle Luma skin cream should set off a couple of bad ad warning lights: This picture appears elsewhere on the Internet, the unsourced Dr. Oz quote, and…

Instant 20/20

Olay Pro-X Advanced Cleansing System

The National Advertising Division (NAD) is the advertising industry’s self-regulatory body administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. is advising Olay to discontinue claims that its Pro-X Advanced Cleansing…

Full Time Receptionist/Clerk

A reader responded to a generic receptionist job ad on Craigslist and received this response: From: Orpha Home <orphafunds01@outlook.com> Date: November 12, 2013 at 9:20:09 AM EST To: Subject: RE:…

Stocktips.com Penny Stocks

Invests.com is advertising penny stock reports from Stocktips.com. According to the SEC, the term “penny stock” (also micro-cap stock) “generally refers to a security issued by a very small company…

Tommie Copper

Company agrees to pay $1.35 million to settle deceptive advertising charges about its copper-infused compression clothing.

Dolphin Intertrade Corporation

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Dolphin Intertrade Corporation because the company is allegedly marketing supplements that contain an unapproved prescription drug ingredient. According to the FDA, Dolphin…

T.A. Sciences

Telomeres — the protective end-caps on your DNA — could be the secret to keeping you young, claims T.A. Sciences in their pitch for TA-65. Among other claims, T.A. Sciences…

You Have Exceeded the Email Quota Limit

We were forwarded this suspicious looking e-mail that pretends to be from Google, telling you that you’ve exceeded the e-mail quota limit. Something is pretty fishy, considering that a quota…

Testosterone Gels

Your browser does not support the video tag. Perhaps you’ve seen television ads for testosterone gels like AndroGel, which promise to help men with decreased sex drive, moodiness, and low…

Certified Roofing

A friend of TINA.org forwarded this story about a roofing job gone wrong. The reader hired a roofing company she found advertised in the phonebook: Here’s what happened when the…

U.S. Cellular Belief Plan

How long a period does “never” cover? Three years, says U.S. Cellular, making “never” a relatively short time. The wireless service provider promised consumers in 2010 that with its “Belief…

Subway $5 Footlong SUBtember

Subway offers any regular footlong for $5 all “Subtember,” but many sandwiches are excluded.

Bosley Hair Restoration

Bosley advertises its hair transplant operation with TV and Internet spots, and even the occasional spam email. But while the operation does work for some, Robert Bernstein, the clinical professor…

Walmart Pledges to Sell American-Made Products

Walmart has recently pledged to buy an additional $50 billion in American-made products in the next 10 years.