Equinox Anti-Wrinkle Products Ad Alert 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…
CarTagz.com – CA Registration Renewal Ad Alert CarTagz.com – CA Registration Renewal Trying to renew your car registration in California? A TINA.org reader wants to make sure you don’t get fooled by this Google ad: While trying to renew her registration, our…
Instant Checkmate Ad Alert Instant Checkmate Instant Checkmate advertises its “new controversial” website as a way for “anyone with a computer” to view arrest records and perform background checks on friends and family. But can they…
Check Gallery Ad Alert 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…
Shell Vacations Club Ad Alert 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…
Your Mint.co.uk card services statement Ad Alert Your Mint.co.uk card services statement Remember, banks and A magical piece of plastic made by banks that is sent to your home (normally accompanied with countless pages of fine print disclosures) that allows you to…
Full Time Receptionist/Clerk Ad Alert Full Time Receptionist/Clerk A reader responded to a generic receptionist job ad on Craigslist and received this response: From: Orpha Home <[email protected]> Date: November 12, 2013 at 9:20:09 AM EST To: Subject: RE:…
You Have Exceeded the Email Quota Limit Ad Alert 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…
Certified Roofing Ad Alert 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…
All Consumer Health News Ad Alert All Consumer Health News This online advertisement takes you to www.allconsumerhealthnews.com, a website that indeed looks a lot like a consumer health news site. It is not. It is an advertisement, as disclosures at…
Power 4 Patriots Ad Alert Power 4 Patriots This online ad for Power 4 Patriots has all the buzzwords and formulas associated with scammy pitches: [authority groups] HATE this! Find out the one WEIRD trick that can save…
QuiBids Ad Alert QuiBids Ever see a Sidebar ads appear on the edge of a webpage. like this one? QuiBids is an auction site, but it may not be as great a deal as…
Motley Fool – fool.com Ad Alert Motley Fool – fool.com Here is an online ad we saw that looked suspicious: Clicking on the ad takes you to The Motley Fool, a financial advice website. But before you can watch the…
Lumosity Ad Alert Lumosity Lumosity will pay $2 million back to customers to settle federal charges it deceived consumers with unfounded claims that its brain games could help improve mental performance.
Work-at-Home Opportunities Ad Alert Work-at-Home Opportunities “View a variety of legitimate work at home [sic] from all over the web,” says this spam email. “Start making money online from your home today,” it goes on. Clicking…
ICLS.net Ad Alert ICLS.net We recently received this e-mail concerning a search engine ranking report. From: “ICLS” <[email protected]> Date: July 11, 2013 7:50:20 AM EDT To: <——> Subject: ICLS Submission Instructions – Ref#: 20193815…
Clalis Ad Alert Clalis The FDA is advising consumers to stay away from Clalis (which is not Cialis although look how clever they are with that lowercase “L” that looks like an uppercase “i”),…
365 Day Loan Ad Alert 365 Day Loan As seen in our spam inbox. Something seems off about the claim that 365 Day Loan can hook you up with “$2500 for any purpose.” It seems particularly off when…
Zombie Run Proved Frightful Ad Alert Zombie Run Proved Frightful Reader says Groupon ad for run was deceptive.
Don’t Reply to Suspicious Date Request Ad Alert Don’t Reply to Suspicious Date Request This person sounds like a great catch—“kind, sociable and fluffy”—what more could you want?