Banks are Key to Stopping Payday Loan Abuse

Feds asking banks to close down access to consumers’ accounts.

Hazel Peppergood Work-at-Home System

Hazel Peppergood advertises a work-at-home system with claims such as: “Get paid up to $1,872.00 Every Week, Like Me!” “You don’t need any experience and there is absolutely no training…

Penalties that Pack a Pinch

Are FTC settlements just a cost of doing business?

Disasters: Getting Help, Giving Help

Disasters, whether man-made or natural, can attract criminals who use such opportunities to make money and steal personal information.

Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud

Identify theft again leads the way with the most filed complaints in 2012.

Tech Support Scam

A reader describes her experience with a recent suspicious call. We just got a call on our home number from a man with an Indian or similar accent claiming to…

Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company that made billions marketing its anemia drug Aranesp for unapproved uses, agreed to pay $762 million to settle off-use marketing charges.

CT Officials Warn about Bogus Lottery Checks

State officials in Connecticut are warning consumers about a postal scam in which residents are being notified that they’ve “won” a lottery. But what they receive is really a bogus government…

Toys ‘R’ Us

Get out of Debt Quick Ad Has Hidden Costs

This radio ad from 77WABC promotes a get-out-of-debt quick scheme by John Cummuta. It says you can order a free CD to find out more about “transforming debt into wealth,”…

Checking Out the “Check Into This” E-mail

This e-mail links to a fake news site promoting a work-at-home scheme. From: —-@comcast.net Subject: Check this out Date: May 10, 2012 To: —-@gmail.com   this is intense you should check…

Pay to Work? Be Wary of This Data Entry Job

This e-mail links to a site that asks you to pay for a data entry job. Any service that cares more about getting your money than getting the best-qualified applicants…

WorkAtHomeAide.net: Check into this Marketer

This e-mail links to a fake news site. When you leave the site, a An advertisement that pops up in a new window when you’re browsing the internet. window directs…

APR? HECM? KNOW YOUR FINANCING

Perhaps no segment of our economy is more confusing to the normal, everyday consumer than  financial services.  Whether it’s the lingo, such as Annual percentage rate; the amount of interest…

The Financial Services Industry

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the financial services industry’s primary self-regulating body.  FINRA’s stated mission is to protect investors by making sure the financial industry operates fairly and…

Web of ‘Wellness’ Doctors Promote Injections of Unproven Coronavirus Treatment

Tom Dreisbach, NPR

Amazon’s “Today’s Deals” Page Is Full Of Fake Deals And Made Up Discounts

Leticia Miranda, BuzzFeed News

Lawmaker Explores Making Utah Consumer Complaints Public

Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune

Mike Huckabee Sold Out His Fans To A Quack Doctor, Conspiracy Theorists, And Financial Fraudsters

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters

Insurance Marketplaces and Your Personal Information

Lisa Zamosky, WebMD