2025 Deceptive Ad Trends

A closer look at what we’ll be monitoring in the new year.

Best Buy’s ‘Laptop Discounts For Students’

You don’t need to be a student to get these discounted prices.

U-Haul Rental Reservation Process

Make Money with Fran/Passive Digital Mastery

Will master resell rights actually give you the dream life?

Wood-N-Tap

Getting hangry over a hidden delivery fee.

Ancestry.com

TINA.org uncovers questionable roots behind this “free” offer.

Keppal’s Made in USA Claims

TINA.org digs into online retailer’s U.S.-origin claims following consumer tip.

Court Cancels ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule

It won’t get any easier to cancel those annoying subscriptions.

Rachell Medero/Digital Wealth Academy

Can you really escape the 9 to 5 with this money-making opportunity?

The Dirt on Homeaglow’s $19 Cleanings

TINA.org files complaint against home cleaning platform with FTC, states.

‘Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitors’

Why diabetes patients should research carefully before buying.

Ghost Girls

The Halloween ‘haunt’ that isn’t.

Quality Inn & Suites (Choice Hotels)

Guests say online pictures are misleading.

Viator’s Free Cancellation Claims

This is not a sitewide perk.

Skull Shaver’s Early Bird Sale

Trying to take advantage of this sale may not be as smooth as advertised.

Monetizing Minors: Eric Befumo (aka Big Justice)

Brand partnerships worthy of a big “doom!”

CATrends: Deceptive Deals

The holiday shopping season is here. Tread carefully.

Sportzino, Zula, Fortune Coins, and Yay Casino

Allegations: Marketing themselves as “sweepstakes” casinos that are legitimate online businesses when they are actually unlawful gambling enterprises under Utah state law

RealPrize

Allegations: Marketing itself as a “social casino” when it is actually an unlicensed online gambling platform that is illegal under Illinois law

MyBookie Gambling Platform

Allegations: Marketing itself as a legitimate online business when it is actually an illegal and unregulated gambling enterprise under Utah state law